
Sauteed Chicken Breast with Bacon and Tomatoes
As a single ( and now working) woman, I’ve forgotton how hard it is to get a meal on the table.
This dish has some steps to it, and the level of difficulty from a scale of one to ten is a five, but if you have a bit of time, you can get this on the table in 30 minutes ( please don’t say “Yum-O or any of her sayings!).
This came from looking around in the fridge for something to eat, and this is what I came up with.
It was pretty damn good, too!
Serves One ( two if you add an extra breast)
1 ea. skinless, boneless chicken breast
2 strips bacon, diced
1/2 cup chopped fresh tomato
1/3 cup sliced onion
1 tsp. chopped garlic
1/2 cup chicken stock or white wine
1 tbl. fresh parsley, chopped
1 tbl. fresh basil, chopped
4 tbl. flour
2 tbl. butter, cold and cut in cubes
1/4 tsp. lemon zest
salt and pepper to taste
Take the chicken breast and place it between two generous sheets of plastic wrap and flatten with either a iron skillet or rolling pin. Season breast with salt and pepper, then lightly dust with two of the four tablespoons of flour. Set aside. In a skillet or saute pan, cook chopped bacon over meduim heat until crispy. Drain bacon on paper towels and set aside. Pour all but one tablespoon of bacon fat off and brown off the chicken breast. Set aside.
Place olive oil in pan and saute off the onions, tomatoes and garlic. Return the chicken breast to the pan and add the wine or stock. Bring to a boil and cover pan. Turn heat to low and cook for 5 minutes. Uncover and remove breast from pan. Turn heat up and bring juices to a boil, and reduce until half of the juice remains. Roll butter lightly in the remaining two tablespoons of flour and add the coated butter to juices in pan. Remove pan from heat and stir butter into sauce until butter is completely melted. Add bacon, herbs and zest. Cover chicken with the sauce and serve with pasta, or rice.
Blizzard Provisions
4 FebI was supposed to have friends over for dinner on Saturday, but we are in for another 12 inches of snow.
Oh well ( hic)!!
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