Braised chicken breasts

AUTHOR
Diane Archer
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 can(s) (425 ml) Apricots
  • 500 g white stuffed mushrooms
  • 1 collar (approx. 150 g) Spring onions
  • 1 red chilli pepper
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 750 g Chicken filets
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon
  • 200 ml dry white wine
  • 1/4 l clear chicken stock (instant)
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS dark sauce thickener
  • 1 TABLESPOON Lemon juice

Directions

  1. 1

    Drain the apricots well on a sieve and collect the juice. Clean and quarter the mushrooms. Clean and wash spring onions and cut them diagonally into pieces. Wash chilli, remove seeds and cut into fine rings. Peel garlic.

  2. 2

    Wash chicken fillets and pat dry. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fillets on both sides. Salt and remove from the roaster. Also fry the mushrooms in the hot frying fat. Add spring onions, apricots, garlic and chilli and fry briefly. Stir in tomato paste and lemon peel, sprinkle with salt and deglaze with wine, stock and 50 ml apricot juice. Place the chicken breast on the vegetables in the roaster, cover and stew for 10-15 minutes. Stir the sauce thickener into the braising stock, bring to the boil again briefly and season to taste with salt and lemon juice. Arrange on a deep plate.

  3. 3

    Add spring onions, apricots, garlic and chilli and fry briefly. Stir in tomato paste and lemon peel, sprinkle with salt and deglaze with wine, stock and 50 ml apricot juice. Place the chicken breast on the vegetables in the roaster, cover and stew for 10-15 minutes. Stir the sauce thickener into the braising stock, bring to the boil again briefly and season to taste with salt and lemon juice. Arrange on a deep plate. Serve with garlic baguette

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
460 kcal
CARBS
20 g
FATS
17 g
PROTEINS
46 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesMeatPoultry