Roasted Robusto Italian Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms

This recipe is truly simple and seriously satisfying!

I’ve mentioned more than once that I’m a big fan of Wish-Bone Robusto Italian Dressing.  It’s not only great on salad; it does a great job of marinating meat also.

Spicy Goodness ~ Grilled Cajun-Style Chicken Breasts

Just imagine

the aromas of Acadian cuisine 

in the Louisiana bayous,

the euphonious sound of their music…

This is the Cajun way of life.

St.Martin Bayou Sunset by DramaQueenB Photography

Acadians are the ancestors of present-day Cajuns.  The world “Cajun” derives from “Acadia" ~  a name used to refer to the Nova Scotia area in Canada where French immigrants settled during the early colonial era.  

They were hunters, fishermen, and farmers, well-versed in the art of living off the land, when they arrived destitute in the New Orleans area, and were given land grants.  The Acadians had a strong bond with each other as they moved into the bayous, swamps and prairies of Louisiana to start their farms.  

Their old traditions and language merged with the distinctive Louisiana landscape to fuse into a new Cajun cultural identity.

A lot of people are unaware that the typical Cajun food was developed by extremely poor people.  Refugees and farmers used what they had to feed large families.  

Bill and I have visited the New Orleans area many times, and love Cajun-style cooking ~ it’s aromatic, spicy, and rich, really good…  

This time, I used a generous portion of minced garlic, onion powder and oregano, all whisked together with spicy Robusto Italian dressing for the chicken marinade. 

Bill grilled the chicken to a spicy, moist, delicious meat for our dinner.  

Fire up your grill now for some seriously good Cajun-style chicken!


Grilled Cajun-Style Chicken Breasts
Printable recipe 

Ingredients:

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup Wish-Bone Robusto Italian Dressing
2 tablespoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon each, salt and pepper

Method:

Combine marinade ingredients in a large bowl or a resealable plastic bag.
Add chicken breasts and let marinate for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Remove chicken from marinade, shaking off excess.
When grill is heated, place chicken on grill over medium heat.
Grill chicken until cooked through, about 6-8 minutes per side, depending upon thickness, or when thermometer registers 165°.

Serve



Enjoy it!

Cranberry-Sauced Chicken

This robust sauce takes chicken

or

 leftover turkey

from ordinary to extraordinary 

and will 

revive your faith in fowl!

Cranberry sauce combined with Robusto Italian Dressing, balsamic vinegar, sherry and onion soup mix blends into a tangy sauce to top the chicken breasts.

What you end up with is tender, flavorful tasty chicken, with a tangy sauce that is the right combination of sweet and tangy.  It’s proof that cranberry sauce shouldn’t just make an appearance on the holiday table.

Here’s hoping you give this a try, it’s delicious and easy too!

Cranberry-Sauced Chicken

Printable recipe

Ingredients:

4-6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

1 cup cranberry sauce

1 packet dry onion soup mix

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

⅓ cup Wish-Bone Robusto Italian Dressing

1 teaspoon seasoned pepper

Method:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Arrange chicken in a 13” x 9” baking dish.

Combine remaining ingredients in a medium bowl, and stir well.

Spoon mixture over chicken.

Bake for 1 hour or more, until chicken is cooked through.

Serve

ENJOY! 

 

Orange Roughy w/Roasted Grape Tomatoes

Orange roughy was mingling with grape tomatoes, black olives and lemon slices for our dinner last evening.

This is a recipe of few ingredients, that’s big on flavor.  Adding the robust zesty taste is Roubsto Italian Dressing by Wishbone.  If you’ve never used it, you’ll be amazed at how zesty delicious it is; it definitely has a kick to it! 

Bake this for a quick delicious dinner ~ it’s good enough for company!

Orange Roughy w/Roasted Grape Tomatoes

Ingredients:

3 orange roughy fillets

1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
Salt and seasoned pepper
1 lemon, sliced thin
1/3 cup Wishbone Robusto Italian Dressing
½ pitted black olives, sliced
Cooking spray

Method:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Spread tomatoes over bottom of 11” x 7” baking dish that has been coated with cooking spray.
Sprinkle fillets with salt and seasoned pepper, place on tomatoes.
Arrange lemon slices over fish.
Combine dressing and olives, spoon over lemon and fillets.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, depending on thickness of fish, until it flakes easily with a fork.
Serve immediately.

ENJOY!

Disclaimer:  It’s just my opinion about the Wishbone dressing.

Tender and Delicious Italian-Style Baked Chicken Breasts

Are you in the mood for chicken tonight? If you are, here’s a great recipe for it!

Everyone seems to love chicken and there are several things I like about this recipe:  the ease of preparation, just a few simple ingredients and no sacrifice of the flavor because it is simple.  It tastes mmm mmm good! 

This dish is great for a weeknight meal or company also.  Just dip the chicken breasts into beaten eggs, coat them with the Parmesan bread crumb mixture, drizzle with the spicy, garlicky Robusto Italian dressing and pop them into the oven.  They come out baked to perfection, being fork tender.  I served it with rice and a crisp mesclun salad.

Italian-Style Baked Chicken Breasts

Servings: 4

Author: Pam's Midwest Kitchen Korner

Prep time: 10 MCook time: 45 MTotal time: 55 M

If you're in the mood for chicken tonight, this is a great easy recipe, the chicken is delicious, thanks to the Italian dressing and Parmesan. It's a hit!

Ingredients:

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts,  pounded thin if very thick
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup Italian bread crumbs
• ½ tablespoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼-½ teaspoon seasoned pepper
• ¼ cup Wishbone Robusto Italian Salad Dressing
• 4 teaspoons butter

Method:

1. Wash chicken, pat dry.
2. Combine cheese, bread crumbs, garlic powder, salt and pepper on a plate.
3. Dip chicken into eggs.
4. Dredge chicken with crumb mixture.
5. Place on greased baking sheet.
6. Drizzle with salad dressing.
7. Place pat of butter on each chicken breast.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

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ENJOY!!!

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