Chicken Christopher
Hint: Have the finished Alexander bread crumbs ready, and begin the garlic butter sauce before you saut the chicken.
Alexander Bread Crumbs:
2 cups bread crumbs
5 teaspoons minced garlic
2 teaspoons minced shallots
2 teaspoons chopped parsley
Salt and white pepper, to taste
Chicken:
1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast
Salt and white pepper, to taste
Flour, 1 or 2 handsful, as needed
2 eggs
3 tablespoons butter (more if needed)
16 ounces pasta noodles of your choice, cooked
according to package directions
Garlic Butter Sauce:
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons minced shallots
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1/3 cup dry white wine
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons minced parsley
Salt and white pepper, to taste
To make bread crumb mixture: Combine all ingredients and set aside.
To make the chicken: Halve chicken breasts, making 2 roughly 3-inch square pieces. Pound each piece 1/4 inch thick. Season pieces with salt and pepper.
Spoon flour into a rimmed plate. Beat eggs in a shallow bowl. Place Alexander bread crumbs in another shallow plate or dish. Dip each chicken piece in flour, covering it completely, then in the egg, then in the Alexander bread crumbs. Set aside on wax paper or a wire rack. (Make your garlic butter sauce now.)
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large saute pan set over medium-high heat. Heat until butter foams. When foam subsides, lay 2 or 3 chicken pieces flat in the pan and cook until browned on both sides (about 3 minutes on each side -- the chicken will cook quickly because it's so thin). Set aside cooked chicken while you brown the other pieces. Add remaining tablespoon butter, and more if needed.
To make garlic butter sauce: In a large saucepan set over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add shallots and garlic and cook until soft. Add wine. Increase heat to medium-high, bring wine to a boil and allow it to cook until only about 2 tablespoons of liquid remain in the pan.
Add cream, lower heat to medium, and cook until liquid steams. Cook, stirring, for about 3 minutes. Do not let liquid boil. (Note: You can stop at this point and let the mixture sit until you're ready to proceed with the recipe. When you're ready, reheat it and stir in the butter).
Reduce heat to low, and add the remaining butter (somewhat softened), a little at a time. Use a wire whisk to whip the sauce and keep it smooth, making sure mixture is well-blended before adding more butter. When butter has been whipped in, add lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper. Serve at once.
The recipe makes about 2 1/2 cups. Leftovers can be reheated, but the butter will have to be re-whisked, and the texture is never as creamy as when the sauce is first made.
Set 2 pieces of chicken at one side of a plate. Place 1 serving pasta on the other side. Pour garlic butter sauce over all. Repeat with remaining chicken and pasta. Ladle sauce over chicken and pasta.
Serves 4.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Sirloin Beef Tips
Sirloin Beef Tips
Tender pieces of sirloin with sauteed mushrooms and onions in a
made-from-scratch brown gravy
Salt and pepper
Garlic powder
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 to 6 ounces sirloin steak, cut into large dice
1 small onion, diced
2 tablespoons butter
4 large mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup white wine
1/2 cup beef broth
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Seasoned rice or mashed potatoes, for serving
1. Mix the salt, pepper, and garlic powder together and combine
with the flour. Heat the oil in a skillet. Dredge the steak pieces
with the flour mixture then saute the meat until it is medium-rare.
Add the onions and cook until it is softened.
2. Add the butter to the pan and then add the mushrooms. Cook until
the mushrooms begin to color, then remove the meat, onions, and
mushrooms to a platter and keep warm.
3. Deglaze the skillet with the wine, making sure to loosen any
browned bits, and let it reduce a little. Add the beef broth and
bring to a boil, then return the reserved meat and vegetables back
to the pan and simmer, covered, for about 1 hour, or until the meat
is tender.
4. Mix the cornstarch with a little of the cooking liquid to make a
paste and add it to the simmering broth. When the sauce is
thickened, serve the tips with rice or mashed potatoes, and a
vegetable of your choice.
Tender pieces of sirloin with sauteed mushrooms and onions in a
made-from-scratch brown gravy
Salt and pepper
Garlic powder
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 to 6 ounces sirloin steak, cut into large dice
1 small onion, diced
2 tablespoons butter
4 large mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup white wine
1/2 cup beef broth
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Seasoned rice or mashed potatoes, for serving
1. Mix the salt, pepper, and garlic powder together and combine
with the flour. Heat the oil in a skillet. Dredge the steak pieces
with the flour mixture then saute the meat until it is medium-rare.
Add the onions and cook until it is softened.
2. Add the butter to the pan and then add the mushrooms. Cook until
the mushrooms begin to color, then remove the meat, onions, and
mushrooms to a platter and keep warm.
3. Deglaze the skillet with the wine, making sure to loosen any
browned bits, and let it reduce a little. Add the beef broth and
bring to a boil, then return the reserved meat and vegetables back
to the pan and simmer, covered, for about 1 hour, or until the meat
is tender.
4. Mix the cornstarch with a little of the cooking liquid to make a
paste and add it to the simmering broth. When the sauce is
thickened, serve the tips with rice or mashed potatoes, and a
vegetable of your choice.
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