Recently I had Chicken Francese at a local restaurant. It’s an Italian American dish of crispy chicken cutlets usually pan fried and topped with a lemon butter sauce. I thought I would like to make it at home for Valentine’s Day or other special dinners. For this quick version both the chicken and asparagus are baked together in the oven while the rice is microwaved. The sauce takes only minutes to make in a skillet. HELPFUL HINTS: Broccoli florets or green beans can be used instead of asparagus. I use microwave brown rice that cooks in one minute helping to make this an easy dish. Using tongs…