Monday, June 11, 2012

Chicken with mushrooms and cream

I remembered one of the wonderful dished in the movie about Julia Child so I thought what the heck. However, I have discovered that recently chicken has lost a lot of its taste so I added my own style and flavors to it. So, here we go..

The ingredents:
5+ asparagus stalks- depending on serving size
1 small can of cream or 1 can evaporated milk (for those that can't eat cream)
1-2chicken bouillon cubes or 1 cup of chicken broth
2-4 chicken breasts- depending on serving size
1 package of fresh mushrooms. (pre chopped make is easier)
 a fair pinch of tarragon
a pinch of rosemary
olive oil
salt and pepper
1 table spoon of butter




Lets start with the mushrooms and sauce allowing the ckicken to defrost and the asparagus to sit. .

Wash them off good, but scrub them instead of soaking or heavy rinsing. Mushroom absorb liquids
 fast and you don't want the to just taste like water.

Slice the mushrooms and place them in a pan with a quick ring of olive oil and the butter
and as Julia said "dont crowd the mushrooms" :-)
After they start to soften/ darken/ get warm a little bit add the sauce.

The sauce:
Add the cream or evaporated milk, 1-2 chicken bouillon cubes/ broth, to the mushrooms.
Note: The broth made with the bouillon cubes is better than the boxed broth in the picture. Simply

Reduce the heat.




Take the defrosted chicken and thickly chop it/ or you can leave them as individual breasts and place it in the pan

Add the salt and pepper, tarragon, rosemary, and coat it with the sauce.




*Option: you can add a dash of white wine here to give it a bolder taste or leave it as is for a more tame taste which is also good.

Place a top or a plate over the pan to steam/ cook the chicken throughly until both sides are slightly brown.


*Important* leave a slight lip for a little of the steam to escape or the pan will foam over all over the stove top.

Now for the asparagus:

Place them in the steamer cook for 3-4 minutes until they taste cooked, but not loose and waterlogged. Add pepper to it as it is steamed.




Remove the asparagus add some melted butter.

Check on the chicken and if it is cooked to your liking

plate it with the asparagus & cover the chicken with the sauce it cooked in topping it with mushrooms.



Enjoy.

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