Blue Plate Special Chicken Dinner Bar

🥘 Ingredients

• butter
  10 tbsp
• carrots
  24 oz
• cherry jam
  2 unit
• chicken cutlets
  20 oz
• chicken stock concentrate
  4 unit
• cooking oil
  1 tbsp
• flour
  2 tbsp
• garlic powder
  2 tsp
• mexican cheese blend
  1 c
• paper towels
• peas
  8 oz
• pepper
• potatoes
  24 oz
• salt
• scallions
  4 unit
• sour cream
  9 tbsp
• vidalia onion paste
  1 oz

🍳 Cookware

• baking sheet
• medium pot
• large pan
• small microwave-safe bowl
• medium microwave-safe bowl

1. 

   1

   Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry all produce. Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into 1/2-inch-thick pieces. Toss carrots on a baking sheet with a large drizzle of cooking oil , salt , and pepper . Roast on top rack until browned and tender, ⏱️ 20 minutes .

   carrots: 24 oz, cooking oil: 1 tbsp, salt, pepper
2. 

   2

   While carrots roast, dice potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens. Place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, ⏱️ 10 minutes . Reserve 1/2 cup potato cooking liquid, then drain. Return potatoes to pot and keep covered off heat until ready to mash in Step 6.

   potatoes: 24 oz, scallions: 4 unit
3. 

   3

   Pat chicken cutlets dry with paper towels ; place between two large pieces of plastic wrap. Pound with a mallet or rolling pin until 1/2 inch thick. Season all over with garlic powder , salt, and pepper. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook until browned and cooked through, ⏱️ 3 minutes per side. Turn off heat; transfer to a cutting board and tent with foil to keep warm. Wipe out pan and let cool slightly. TIP: If you added any other items to your meal (apps, sides, and/or dessert), you can get started on them now!

   chicken cutlets: 20 oz, paper towels, garlic powder: 2 tsp
4. 

   4

   Meanwhile, in a small microwave-safe bowl , whisk together cherry jam , half the chicken stock concentrate (2 packets), 1 TBSP water, and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP water and 2 TBSP butter for 4 servings). Cover with plastic wrap and microwave until butter has melted, ⏱️ 1 minutes . Carefully remove plastic wrap and whisk in one packet of sour cream (two packets for 4). In a medium microwave-safe bowl , combine peas with 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4), salt, and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave until peas are warmed through and butter has melted, ⏱️ 2 minutes . Carefully remove plastic wrap and stir to combine.

   cherry jam: 2 unit, chicken stock concentrate: 4 unit, butter: 10 tbsp, sour cream: 9 tbsp, peas: 8 oz
5. 

   5

   Heat the pan used for chicken over medium-high heat. Add 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) and scallion whites. Cook, stirring, until scallions are lightly browned ⏱️ 1 minutes . Whisk in flour and cook, whisking, until lightly browned, ⏱️ 1 minutes more. Whisk in 3/4 cup water (1 1/4 cups water for 4), vidalia onion paste , and remaining stock concentrate. Cook, whisking occasionally, until slightly thickened, ⏱️ 2 minutes .

   flour: 2 tbsp, vidalia onion paste: 1 oz
6. 

   6

   Add remaining sour cream and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) to pot with drained potatoes. Mash until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
7. 

   7

   Slice chicken crosswise. Serve chicken, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, peas, cherry sauce, gravy, scallion greens, and mexican cheese blend family style and let everyone build their own plate. Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°F.

   mexican cheese blend: 1 c