Chicken Breasts Savoyard
Total time: 45 minutes
An elegant party dish, it expands easily. Boneless chicken and artichoke bottoms, baked in a white wine sauce. It can be prepared ahead and baked at the last minutes. Very little work for gourmet main course. Serve with some fluffy Basmati.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts - boneless, skinless, 350gr, 12.4oz
- 1 medium onion, 110gr, 3.9oz
- 1 tsp dried tarragon
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 tsp olive oil, 9gr, .32oz
- 3/4 cup dry white wine, 180gr, 6.4oz
- 1/2 cup chicken broth, 112gr, 4oz
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 125ml) Greek or plain yogurt, or sour cream, 125gr, 4.4oz plain yogurt
- 1 tbs Dijon-style mustard, 15gr, .53oz
- 1/2 cup (2oz, 60gr) Parmesan cheese, 50gr, 1.7oz
- 2 tbs cornstarch dissolved in 3 tbs water, 16gr, .56oz
- 6 medium - large artichoke bottoms, 400gr, 14oz
Instructions:
- Cut onion in half and slice thinly.
- Cut the chicken breasts in half, the short way.
- In nonstick skillet heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until tender.
- Add tarragon, thyme and chicken breasts and sauté until chicken starts to brown.
- Add the white wine, cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Open and drain artichoke bottoms.
- In a small baking dish (just large enough to hold everything and, if possible, nice enough to go directly to the table) arrange artichoke bottoms in a single layer.
- Remove chicken breasts and arrange around artichokes.
- Increase heat under skillet to medium-high, add the chicken broth and mustard to the wine.
- When simmering hard stir in cornstarch mixture and cook until thickened.
- Remove from heat; add yogurt and Parmesan. Pour sauce over chicken and artichokes and bake in 400F (200C) for 15 minutes.
- Remove and serve.
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Nutrition Information Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 1177 / 588.5 Total Carbohydrates: 67 / 33.5 Dietary Fiber: 9 / 4.5 Total Fat: 37.5 / 18.75 Saturated Fat: 15 / 7.5 Cholesterol: 286 / 143 Protein: 110 / 55 Calcium: 782 / 391 Sodium: 1696 / 848 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/