Chicken Oscar

7 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 12 asparagus spears, about 1 lb total
  • 4 boned skinless chicken breast halves (about 1.4 lb each)
  • 3-4 tsp dried breadcrumbs
  • 2 tsp butter
  • 1/4 lb shelled cooked crab
  • 1/2 to 2/3 cup hollandaise, warm
  • Chive spears or minced chives

Directions

  1. 1
    1. snap tough ends from asparagus; rinse. Rinse chicken, pat dry, wrap with plastic and pound down until 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick.
  2. 2
    2. Put bread crumbs in pan. Add chicken, turning and patting to coat.
  3. 3
    3. Preheat overn to 350 degrees.
  4. 4
    4. melt butter in 12 inch nonstick frying pan over high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned on bottom, shaking pan to avoid scorching butter, about 2 minutes. Turn pieces over and cook 1 min longer.
  5. 5
    5. Set pan in oven and bake until chicken no longer pink in middle (cut to test), 7-9 minutes
  6. 6
    6. Meanwhile in 10-12 inch frying pan over high heat, bring 1 inch water to boil. 3 minutes before chicken is done add asparagus to boiling water. Cook until tender when pierced. Drain.
  7. 7
    7. Place chicken on warm plates. Top with crab and asparagus and pour hollandaise sauce over the top. Garnish with chives.

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