Chicken With Asparagus & Blue Cheese Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 whole chicken legs, backs removed
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/2 cup wine
• 1/2 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• 2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 lbs asparagus

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 cut chicken legs in half at joint.
• 3 dredge with flour and set aside.
• 4 heat oil in frying pan.
• 5 brown chicken pieces on all 4 sides.
• 6 in a medium bowl, combine wine, blue cheese, soup, salt and pepper.
• 7 pour half this mixture into a 12" x 10" glass casserole dish.
• 8 place browned chicken on top.
• 9 pour remaining soup mixture over chicken.
• 10 bake in oven, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
• 11 meanwhile, prepare asparagus.
• 12 gently bend stalk near end of spear.
• 13 stalk will break at point where it becomes too tough to eat.
• 14 discard end.
• 15 rinse spears under cold, running water.
• 16 drain.
• 17 cut each spear into 1 1/2" pieces.
• 18 at end of 30 minutes, remove casserole dish from oven.
• 19 scatter asparagus between chicken pieces.
• 20 cover tightly with aluminum foil and continue baking for 30 minutes longer or until chicken is cooked.
• 21 serve over cooked rice.