Chicken Divan

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 pounds boneless chicken breasts

  cut into bite sized cubes
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 4 cups broccoli tops
• 8 ounce can sliced water chestnuts

  drained
• 8 tbsp butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 cup milk
• 14 ounce can chicken broth
• 1/2 tsp seasoning salt

  I prefer Mortons Natures Seasonings
• 1/4 cup fresh squeezed or bottled lemon juice
• 1 cup Hellman’s mayonnaise
• 3 tsp curry powder
• 1 1/2 cups Frenches onions

Instructions

• 1 Blanche broccoli: Fill sauce pan 1/2 way with water, add 1 tsp salt, bring to
  boil, toss in broccoli heads for 2 minutes. Broccoli should be bright green.
  Strain broccoli into a colander and rinse in cold water until no longer hot.
  Make sure to drain broccoli well, place on paper towel, to ensure not extra
  water drains into the dish. Spread broccoli in bottom of 9×13 baking dish.
• 2 Heat olive oil on medium heat in saute pan, toss in chicken and cook until just
  cooked through and you can see no more pink on chicken. Layer cooked chicken
  cubes over broccoli in baking dish.
• 3 Drain a can of sliced water chestnuts and layer on top of chicken. *optional
• 4 In the same pan you cooked chicken in add the one stick of butter, melt butter
  When butter is melted whisk in 1/3 cup flour, cook flour/butter mixture over
  medium heat, continue to whisk for 1 minute.
• 5 Gradually add milk to the flour/butter mixture, continuously whisking, after you
  have the milk incorporated and you have a smooth thick gravy Add the chicken
  broth whisking the entire time, you want your sauce to be smooth not lumpy. If
  sauce seems too thick add a little more milk and whisk. Should be thick enough
  to cover the back of a spoon without sliding off.
• 6 Remove sauce from heat add season salt, mayonnaise, and lemon juice, whisk until
  smooth.
• 7 Whisk in the curry powder, feel free to add more if you want. Pour sauce over
  chicken and broccoli, sprinkle with Frenches Fried Onions.
• 8 Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve over white rice.

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