Chicken Divan 2 ways/Red wine 2 ways

This blog makes me so happy! Almost as happy as enjoying good food with friends. Almost.

This recipe was inspired by James Brown Diner's Saturday breakfast special: Chicken Divan eggs Benedict. It ignited my taste buds and I had to make Chicken Divan, the last time having tasted this was at the Nazareth College Dining Hall surprisingly.

On Tuesday (the day this blog brainchild was conceived) I cooked Chicken Divan and served it with left over Bliss wine from Imagine Moore and a fresh salad. Another bottle of wine was required to finish the meal so I followed it with Wisdom from Imagine Moore. The recipe (which I pulled from a few different recipes) is as follows:

Chicken Divan

• 3 chicken breasts, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• fresh garlic (to taste or load it on if you're sick, ahem)
• 1 head of broccoli

• Sauce:
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups chicken broth
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
• a few splashes of sherry
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup (i know its cheating but i love the flavor)

In a large sauté pan simmer the onions and garlic with olive oil. Once translucent, add Chicken. I threw on some extra white wine that i had lying around too. Once chicken is cooked through add broccoli and cover to steam. In a saucepan make a roux with butter and flour (whisk till combined and thick), add chicken broth and spices. Bring to a boil, allow to thicken (continue whisking). Add Cheese, sherry and creamed soup and bring back to heat.

Place chicken/broccoli mixture in casserole or i used a 11X8 glass baking dish. Pour the creamed sauce over the mixture. Bake at 350 for 25 mins. I sprinkled some cheese on top and allowed to cool in the oven.

So the way that i did Chicken Divan the second way....

Leftovers!!! Just cooked up some spaghetti and heated them together. Added some more cheese, finished the red wine in our box-o-wine. deeelish. as Dan says...."this divan puts some meat on your bones, would be good during winter".

Also, for dessert: reading "For those who can still rid in an airplane for the first time" (aka: Quentin) Anis Mojgani.

Love to all of you. and wine. and sausage