Taste and Create was started as a food event by Nicole from For the Love of Food. The whole purpose of Taste and Create was, and has been, and continues to be to create a community of bloggers who test each others’ recipes and share links. The participants of the event are paired together and try a new recipe from one another's blog.
This month I was paired with Corina from SEARCHING FOR SPICE. I love being paired with someone I've never been paired with before I inevitably learn sooooooo much, and find great new recipes. I chose her CHICKEN BREASTS IN LEMON SAGE SAUCE recipe which she adapted from The book Fantastico by Gino D’Acampo. I chose it because it looked sooooooo good and I had some sage that was left from when I made the PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY & THYME CHICKEN. I converted the metrics for my use.
Ingredients – Serves 2
2 chicken breasts
1 lemon, juiced and divided
1 tablespoon flour
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon fennel (optional)
3/4 cup chicken stock
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon sage
Salt
Black pepper
Olive oil
- Make a paste with the flour, garlic and lemon juice.
- Coat the chicken with the paste and leave for half an hour.
- Put a little olive oil in a sauce pan.
- Scrape the paste off the chicken and keep for the next step. I forgot to scrape off the paste, but it worked well as a coating and hubby enjoyed it so I guess you could do it either way. Fortunately my pan wasn't too hot that it burned and all worked out well.
- Add the chicken and the fennel seeds to the pan and fry the chicken on each side. I also omitted the fennel seeds - thought I had some, but didn't after all.
- If the paste is quite thick, thin it with a little water or stock then add it to the pan and stir with a wooden spoon. Since I messed up above, I did add a little stock (thought about using wine, but didn't want to mess with her recipe since it smelled perfect).
- Then add the rest of the stock, sage, salt and pepper.
- Bring to the boil then lower to a very gentle simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Mix the egg yolk with a little lemon juice.
- Remove the chicken from the pan.
- Stir in the lemon juice. Keep stirring as it thickens, but don’t let it boil.
- Serve the sauce over the chicken with rice or potatoes and vegetables.
3 comments:
I'm glad you liked this. I'm planning to make my recipe next week!
I too made this when I was paired with her blog, though my sauce was incredibly thick and disgusting. I must try this again. It's soooo funny to see how often this recipe has been picked from her blog. Great choice.
LOL I had it narrowed down to a couple others I wanted to make more, but just had those herbs to use up so this recipe called to me… I hope your sauce is better next time - it was awesome.
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