Chicken Divan

Welcome back y'all. In case you've just tuned in, you're in the kitchen with Jamie and his mama

and we're being real, real soppy and sentimental today because today's show is all about newlyweds

and Jamie and I both qualify for that, don't we? We sure do

The next recipe that I want to share with you, if you're courting or if you're a newlywed

you're going to want to put this recipe in your files. It's so good. It's one of those old, reliable recipes

and it's called chicken divan. So I have cooked a chicken, and I have picked it clean of skin and bones

I've got six cups of chicken here. I've got two 10-ounce packages of chopped frozen broccoli

You'll want to make sure that you drain that good in a colander and press the water out of it

because you don't want this dish to be... Super wet. No, you don't want it to be real, real watery

So Jamie, if you would mix up the sauce part, I'm gonna spray our pan

I'm taking my broccoli and I've squeezed out all the excess water

And I gonna press that down and then I gonna put my chicken in Okay Jamie you got your mushroom soup you got your mayonnaise

Cup of mayonnaise, cup of sour cream. Cheddar cheese. I love cheese

A half a cup of white wine. A tablespoon of lemon juice

and the key ingredient to chicken divan, and that's going to be one teaspoon of curry powder

All right, and you'll mix that up. The lemon juice and the wine are going to give it a little sharp flavor

so it definitely needs some salt and pepper. Don't you think? Whoa. Yeah. Mm-hmm

that's the wine, but that'll mellow out though as the dish cooks

All right, now right here I've got a half a cup of grated Parmesan cheese

and I've got a half a cup of fresh breadcrumbs. And I got a couple of tablespoons of melted butter and I gonna just drizzle that over our cheese and crumbs You could just put slices of butter on top

but I love mixing mine in so that every one of those crumbs gets some butter

That curry is a powerful flavor. Curry is very, very powerful, y'all

If you're not sure if you like it or not, you'll want to add just a little bit at the time

because it's very, very powerful. You want me to be topping this while you're doing that

Please, just pour that over our casserole, and then we'll top it with our crumbs

Okay, if you'll put the crumbs on this, everything in this dish is done

It's not going to have to cook. It's just going to have to heat all the way through

and we'll want it hot and bubbly. So we're going to put this in the oven, 350, preheated oven

and we're going to bake it until it's hot and bubbly, and that'll probably take about

because of the depth of our dish, it'll probably take about 45 minutes

That's a thick dish. All right, son, if you wanna put that in the oven

and I've got another one over here ready to show everybody, just slip this one in and I'll take

I take this one out Look how pretty that looks

Now, the thing I like about chicken divan is you can kind of change it around a little bit

I top this one with fresh breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese, but I have to tell you

I really, really, really dig my divans topped with like a gruyere or a cheddar

But there's just something about that cheese. Oh, look at the steam

But of course, we've got some cheddar cheese inside of it. Does that look good or what

Gracious. And some yummy rice. and you're all set because you've got your meat

you've got your vegetables. Yeah, and I'm so full of scallops and shrimp

I just have to fight through it. I know it, me too

You take the biggest bite, son. You've got a big mouth. Mmm

Mmm. Isn't this yummy, son? Mmm, it is so good. Brings back memories