Michael Angelo’s Chicken and Asiago Sauce

October 13, 2006 | Reviewer: Abi

Michael Angelo's Chicken and Asiago Sauce Price: $4.19
Serving: 1 tray, 10 oz.
Calories: 390
Fat: 20%, 13g
Sodium: 20%, 490mg
Carbs: 14%, 43g
Fiber: 9%, 2g
Protein: 24g
Weight Watchers Points: 8 Points

Michael Angelo says: This delicious sauce combines a generous amount of high quality Asiago and Reggiano Parmesan cheeses, fresh garlic and onions and a touch of basil. We add beautifully seasoned and roasted chicken breast cut into hearty sized strips, toss it with our ‘al dente’ linguini pasta and top it all with red and green bell peppers.

Abi says: While Michael Angelo continues to deliver satisfyingly cheesy sauces, you can’t help but wonder who is sourcing the chicken. In every meal I am confronted by dry, mealy ‘hearty sized strips’ of chicken breast. Sure, there was plenty of chicken to go around in this meal, but I couldn’t help wishing that the chef had reduced the cook time considerably. Remember, these are meals that have already been cooked. We’re just reheating, Mr. Angelo.

The red and green bell peppers were more of a garnish than an ingredient. Yes, I was warned, but while stirring the meal I couldn’t help but think to myself ‘Well, it looks like there’s a shard of green pepper in there.’ Shard+Food=Bad. If you’re looking for a balanced meal of pasta, sauce, protein, and veggies, you’ve come to the wrong place. The sauce shows off Michael’s deft hand with a cheese grater and leaves you wondering just how fat you’d get if you ate these every day. Probably very fat. But it would be a happy fat because the sauce it so great.

Chicken aside, Michael Angelo’s Asiago sauce was indulgent and is probably habit-forming. At $4.19 per box, I’ll probably limit these meals to once a month.

UPDATE: I’ve since had another one of these and the chicken was much, much better. If you see it, try it!

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5 Responses to “Michael Angelo’s Chicken and Asiago Sauce”

Sylko on October 13th, 2006

Michael Angelo’s eggplant parmesean is also indulgant. It’s quite good, though. Doesn’t taste like frozen food.
Abi Jones on October 13th, 2006

I’m actually headed to the store to pick up some other Michael Angelo’s products right now. I’ll have to get that.
Colleen on October 14th, 2006

Dude! Did you use the coupon for one free meal I wrote to you about that you can get on Micheal Angelo’s website?
Abi Jones on October 16th, 2006

Yes! I navigated to the coupon, thought “Hmm. I am not attached to a printer right now.” and closed the window. Later, when I had printer access and tried to print they informed me that the coupon had already been viewed. Sigh.

I will have to sign up under a different email address. Also, I will have to write an entry about it. Whole Foods in DC has MA products on sale (2 for $6.00) so I picked up some eggplant parmesan. Unfortunately, the only other item they had was something with shrimp. Ick.
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