Creamed Chicken and Broccoli with Herbed Cheese Popovers

From: Sycamore Presbyterian Church Cookbook

1/4 c butter

3/4 c milk10 oz frozen chopped broccoli

1 c sour cream drained well

1 c chopped cooked chicken

1 T finely chopped onion

1 hard cooked egg, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

grated Cheddar cheese

2 T all purpose flour

Herbed Cheese Popovers

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add broccoli, onion and garlic and saute until broccoli is crisp-tender (3-4 min.). Blend in flour. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and slowly stir in milk. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute.
Reduce heat to low. Add sour cream, chicken and egg; heat through but do not boil. Spoon into warm popovers. Sprinkle with cheese.
This recipe works well using low calorie margarine, 1/2% or 1% milk and low calorie sour cream for those who wish to reduce calorie intake.

Herbed Cheese Popovers

2 eggs, beaten to blend

1/2 t salt (optional)

1 c milk

1/2 t crumbled dry thyme

1 c all purpose flour

1/4 t crumbled dry sage

1/2 c grated sharp Cheddar cheese

1/4 t crumbled dry basil

Position rack in lower third of oven. Generously grease 12 cup muffin tin or 12 (5oz) custard cups. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and mix until blended; batter may be lumpy. Fill cups 2/3 full. Place in cold oven. Turn oven on to 450'. Bake 30 minutes without opening oven door. Remove from oven, turn oven off. Puncture 4 sides of each popover down into pan at right angle. Return to oven, close door and dry 10 minutes. Unmold and pull apart to open.

Kristina: Presentation: in popover 8.5 Taste: 8

Jessica: Taste: 7.5 It tastes a lot better than it looks. It looks like broccoli vomit!

Chuck: Presentation: 7.5 Taste: 6.0

Patte: Presentation: 1 Taste: 7.5

*Notes:

Would not make this again. This was my second try at making popovers. Several years ago I made them and they did not turn out well. This time they burned. I don't think they should be this dark and they should be higher. I made biscuits to serve with the chicken dish instead. I was in a hurry so I used Walmart biscuit mix. Another mistake. I will always use Bisquick from now on. The chicken dish tasted a lot better than it looked. I cooked the broccoli too long so it had a definite green tinge to it. I also chopped the chicken too fine. This recipe is very time consuming.