Saturday, August 31, 2013

Braised Chicken in Sundried Tomato Cream Sauce: Easy and Flavorful

I try to make a variety of foods, so when I saw this recipe, I knew I ought to try it. I was rewarded with it too!

First, sprinkle two chicken breasts with seasoned salt and pepper on both sides. Heat about a Tablespoon of oil from oil packed sundried tomatoes on medium high and add the breasts. Cook about four minutes on each side. Add one clove of diced garlic and cook until the garlic is fragrant. Deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup of dry white wine and 1/2 cup cream as well as half a cup of oil packed sundried tomatoes. Bring this to a boil, then turn the heat down and let it simmer until the chicken is cooked through; remove the chicken from the pan. Add three Tablespoons chiffonaded fresh basil, raise the heat, and boil two to three minutes. Taste it at this stage because it gets salty quickly; if it gets too salty, just add more cream and stir it to combine. Put the breasts on plates and spoon the sauce over the breasts.

I found this really easy and super tasty. If you're lactose intolerant or just don't like to use dairy products, it would be simple to replace the cream with stock of some sort and a bit of arrowroot powder to thicken it. I'm sure it would be just as tasty. This could also be easily done with thick cut slabs of tofu instead of chicken and turn out just fine; just be careful if you decide to do this, as tofu spits on a level comparable to bacon.

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