Swamp Chicken

Dinner was SO good tonight, I thought I'd use the space here to write down my recipe and to share it with you.  It was loosely based on something my parents used to make, but I omitted a few ingredients and added my own flair.  It got 4 out of 5 stars from Shane which is pretty good considering he is NOT a chicken man.  Anyway here it is.

3 boneless/skinless chicken breasts that you beat the crap out of to make them flat

half a bunch of cilantro

1 whole medium onion (subject to taste)

1 8 oz package mushrooms

1 7 oz marinated artichokes

1 pack roasted chicken gravy or a can if you prefer but make it less thick than some canned gravies can be.

salt 

pepper

flour for dredging

In a sauce pan, saute the chopped onion (hopefully you knew enough to chop it:), mushrooms, and garlic.  (Again don't add the garlic whole, silly, just chop up a few cloves.)  

Add some salt and pepper to this mess and don't let it stick. When they are almost done, add the chopped cilantro.  Once properly sauteed, place in a bowl for later.  Then take the chicken breast that you beat well and season them with salt and pepper.  Dredge them in some flour and then sear them well on both sides in the same pan you sauteed the veggies in.  Now, (what I did) is used a heavy pan that I can also put in the oven because; a. the pan already has flavor from the food and b. why mess up more dishes than is necessary?  Ok, this is where you add the gravy that you should have heated up.  (Oh yeah you need to heat up the gravy!)  Add the veggies on top and throw a lid on it.  (If you have a glass lid and you really throw it might break, so use some common sense).  Then put in a preheated oven for 325.  Leave it on until you get back from getting Shane or in your case 1 hour and take it out to set about 5 mins.  Serve with some good rice pilaf or maybe couscous and enjoy!   (BTW Ava said it looked like a swamp of food hence the name:)