Peckkale

Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

This recipe serves:6
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time:25 minutes

Ingredients
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 cup dry white wine
salt to taste
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3 cups broccoli florets
2 tablespoons olive oil
2/3 cup flour
1/2 cup grated Gruyere cheese (*substitute = Swiss cheese)
1/4 cup freshly ground Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
freshly ground black pepper
1/2 pound yolk-free egg noodles

Cooking Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
2. In a large saucepan, heat the chicken broth, white wine and a generous pinch of salt over medium heat. Add the chicken breasts and poach them over low heat for 10 minutes or until the chicken breasts are cooked through. Remove the chicken from the liquid and set aside. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, cut it into strips.
3. Bring the poaching liquid to a boil, add the broccoli florets and cook for 2 minutes. Remove the broccoli and set aside. Reserve the cooking liquid.
4. In a separate saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for 3 minutes. Whisk in the cooking liquid and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the cheeses. Add the nutmeg and season with salt and pepper.
5. Meanwhile, cook the noodles in a large pot of salted water until they are al dente, drain and put them in a large casserole dish.
6. Add the chicken and broccoli to the casserole dish and pour in the sauce. Bake the casserole in the oven for 20 minutes. Let the casserole stand at room temperature for 5 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: about 2 cups
Calories 429
Total Fat 12 g
Saturated Fat 4 g
Protein 32 g
Total Carbohydrate 40 g
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Sodium 186 mg
Percent Calories from Fat 28%
Percent Calories from Protein 32%
Percent Calories from Carbohydrate 40%

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06-17-05 Lap-ROUX-EN-Y
BMI 41.1 / 21.9 /24
224/219/120 /131 -104 lbs ...... 11 lb Below Goal.... Made Goal on April 21. 10 Months and 4 Days post-op!
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mfergusont

Hi Peckkale!! How have you been?
Thanks for posting this! I am going to go to the grocery store this afternoon and get the stuff for it. But what is Gruyere cheese? Is it a specialty?

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~Tiffany
6/21/05 Lap RNY
5'3
247/132/149
Preop/lowest/current

In maintenance... now I'm yo-yoing up and down 10 lbs or so. I'm trying to find out how to stay at a set weight, it's rough.
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Peckkale

Hi Sweetie.

I'm doing great. I come and read the board everyday so I'm here even when you're not seeing posts from me. Fact I'm headed to the Doctors for my three month post-op check-up this afternoon. Hopefully he'll be a bit happier with my weight-loss then he was last time.

Here is a link on Gruyere Cheese. It's a gourmet cheese. You can actually substitute Swiss cheese for Gruyere.
http://entertaining.about.com/librar.../blgruyere.htm

****It has been made since the 12th Century, when cheese was used as currency in Switzerland. It is yellow and firm, but softer and smoother than the next-best-known Swiss cheese Emmental, and has smaller "eyes" (holes), about the size of peas. The production and naming of the real-McCoy Swiss Gruyère is strictly controlled (as with Champagne in France and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese in Italy), and the wheeles, which can weigh up to 77 pounds, have the word "Switzerland" stamped all over them. But there are many imitations and descendants of this cheese. Beaufort and Comté (or Gruyère de Comté), from France, and Appenzell, from Switzerland, are Gruyère-type cheeses, and there are versions made in the US. It's a great eating cheese and also a great melter.

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06-17-05 Lap-ROUX-EN-Y
BMI 41.1 / 21.9 /24
224/219/120 /131 -104 lbs ...... 11 lb Below Goal.... Made Goal on April 21. 10 Months and 4 Days post-op!
consultation/pre-op/current/goal



COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN...SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH!



Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me."

CiCi

Sounds yummy, Peckkale! I'm going to try it soon!

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T r a c i
RNY LAP March 30, 2005
244 pre-op / 120 current and holding!

2Bhealthy

Sounds delicious! I will have to make that soon.

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Jen

October 6th 2005
258/132 /150?
consult/current/goal
Loss to date 125lbs!

txchick1971

okay this is the right one....sorry.....lol

okay no offense intended but I made this casserole last night......it took a long time to make.........OMG, it was really good.......HOWEVER, after a few bites my pouch went into a fit and i was in PAIN for an hour.......could it have been the broccoli or the noodles? WHATEVER IT WAS, I WILL NOT HAVE IT AGAIN....my kids liked it though and I brought the rest to work for the guys.

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"It's all DOWNHILL from here baby!!!!"

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Started the process/info session: 6/5/07
End of 6 months supervised weight loss: 12/5/07
Insurance Approval: 12/5/07
Lap RNY Surgery date: December 28, 2007
Onederland 03/15/07

katzz87

I'd probably leave out the noodles, and nibble gently on the broccoli...

My kids just LOVE chicken and broccoli mixed with chicken & broccoli soup... I just make it the easy painless way! I really hate cooking!

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Pre-op ~ 284 lbs ~ 01-14-08 (Lap-RnY surgery)
Wk 17 ~ 222 lbs ~ 05-12-08

Weight loss to date: 62 lbs