Sunday, February 21, 2010

Chicken and mashed taters


Tonight for dinner I'm making chicken in lemon-butter sauce (française) and roasted garlic mashed potatoes, a side salad, and Vouvray.

Except my husband grabbed the Bordeaux instead of the Vouvray.

For the mashed potatoes:
  • about 1/2-3/4 cup chicken broth/olive oil/chicken "juices" from frying pan skillet
  • probably 3 lbs of potatoes, mostly peeled
  • About 15 cloves roasted garlic
  • About 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • About 1/4 cup sour cream
For the salad:
  • greens
  • shredded carrots
  • raisins
  • cashews
  • zesty sprouts
  • Ranch for him and child, red wine mist for her
And finally the chicken:
  • About 1.25 pounds boneless, skinless chicken tenderloin (from the discount pile: $3)
  • lemon juice
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • butter
  • unbleached white flour
  • four color organic peppercorns
  • chicken broth
Place about one tablespoon extra virgin olive oil in skillet. Preheat skillet and oven (to about 250, will be used to keep the chicken warm while we make the sauce). Lightly dredge the chicken, sprinkle with pepper. Add to pan with one tablespoon butter. Cook about five minutes, flip. Cook about five more minutes. Add about 3/4 cup chicken broth. Cook until finished. Move chicken to oven.

Reserve juice in skillet into cooked potatoes for the mashed.

In the skillet, add about three tablespoons butter and about the same amount of lemon juice. Slowly bring to a boil, stirring often. Pour oven chicken and serve.

This looks to be a good guide on mashed potatoes:
http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/mashed.htm

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