Linda Gassehmeimer is the writer of many cookbooks, including the Portioin Plan and Prevention Magazine's fit and fast meals in minutes. Each week you can find new recipes here. Learn tips about what cookware to use, gourmet cooking techniques, and how to be a chef. Use all the pots and pans you have in your kitchen to make delicious epicurean delights.
Featured Recipe:
Chicken by Martin Scorsese
'Martin Scorsese’s Mom was a wonderful cook and her Lemon Chicken is one of my favorite meals to make,' said Oscar-winning producer Francis Ford Coppola in answer to my question about what he cooks at home. The chicken is 'drowned in lemon juice; as many as 20 lemons are used for a whole chicken.' Coppola says that the secret to cooking the chicken is to place it in a very hot oven, 'as hot as it gets.' Coppola is a master of many talents. In addition to his passion for films, Coppola has a passion for food and wine. He loves to cook for his family and friends. His Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery makes world-class wines using centuries-old techniques and his line of pasta and sauces are sold all over the States.
The chicken is cut into pieces and cooked in lemon juice, olive oil, garlic and fresh oregano. Just place the four ingredients in a roasting pan and let the oven do the rest.
Coppola suggested serving spinach with the chicken.
I have adapted Francis Ford Coppola’s recipe for this quick, easy and very tasty dinner in minutes.
Helpful Hints:
- Ask the butcher to cut the chicken into small pieces.
- The dish tastes great a second day. Make a whole chicken and save leftovers for another quick meal.
- Make sure oven is very hot and at temperature.
- Orzo is rice shaped pasta. Any small cut pasta can be used.
- A quick way to remove oregano leaves from their stems is to snip them off with a scissors.
Countdown:
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
- Place chicken dish in oven.
- Make Spinach and Orzo.
ENTREE: MRS. SCORSESE’S LEMON CHICKEN
2 8-ounce chicken breasts, with skin and bones, cut into 2 pieces each
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 large garlic cloves, crushed
Juice of 2 lemons (about 1/4 cup)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Place chicken in a roasting pan, skin-side up and pour olive oil over chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Add garlic, lemon juice and oregano to the pan. Place in oven and roast for 20 minutes.A meat thermometer should read 170 degrees. Remove skin before serving.
SIDE DISH: ROMAN SPINACH WITH ORZO
2/3 cup orzo
5 ounces fresh spinach (about 5 cups)
1/4 cup raisins
1 teaspoon olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Place a sauce pan with 3 quarts water on to boil. Add orzo to boiling water and cook 10 minutes. Add spinach and drain. Add raisins, olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Toss well.
SHOPPING LIST
Here are the ingredients you'll need for tonight's Dinner in Minutes:
To buy:
- 2 8-ounce chicken breasts, with skin and bones
- 1 package orzo
- 1 small package raisins
- 2 large lemons
- 1 bunch fresh oregano
- 1 package washed, ready-to-eat spinach
Staples:
- Olive oil
- garlic
- salt
- black peppercorns
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Linda Gassenheimer is the author of sixteen cookbooks including her newest,
The Portion Plan:
How to Eat the Foods You Love and Still Lose Weight and Good-Carb Meals
in Minutes. Visit Linda on her web page at www.miamiherald.com or send her an email.
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