Crusted Chicken in Basil Cream Sauce

 Crusted Chicken in Basil Cream Sauce

Ingredients:

 1 cup milk

 1 cup Italian bread crumbs

 4 chicken breasts cut into halves (8 pieces)

 1/4 cup margarine

 1 cup chicken broth

 2 cups whipping cream

 1 tsp dried basil

 1/8 tsp pepper

 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Place milk and bread crumbs in seperate shallow bowls. Dip chicken in milk, then coat with crumbs. In a skillet over medium heat cook chicken in butter until browned on both sides. Remove chicken from skillet and keep in a 9x13 pan in the oven on warm.

Add chicken broth to skillet and stir to loosen up browned bits from pan. Stir in cream, basil, and pepper and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low and whisk in parmesan cheese. Pour sauce over the chicken and serve.

Crab Pie

Crab Pie 

Ingredients: 

2- 9" deep pie crusts (baked 3 minutes and cooled)

1 lb. jumbo lump crab meat, cleaned

4 eggs

2 Tbsp. flour 

1 cup mayonnaise 

1 cup whole milk 

8 oz. shredded Swiss cheese 

8 oz. shredded Cheddar cheese 

2 tsp. Old Bay seasoning 

1- Tbsp. finely chopped onion 

1- Tbsp. finely chopped green pepper

Directions: 
 
Pre-heat oven to 350º - par bake your crust for 3 minutes. We used Pillsbury pie dough and it worked out great. We did spray the pie pans with Pam spray to keep the crust from sticking.

Combine eggs, flour, mayonnaise and milk, mix well. Add remainder of the ingredients (except crab meat) and mix well.

 Fold in crab meat and try not to separate the lumps of crab meat too much. Pour into 2 separate pie crusts, sprinkle with additional Old Bay Seasoning.

Bake at 350º for 50 minutes or until knife comes out clean. (Check at about 40 minutes to avoid burning, since ovens vary).