Chicken Breasts With Rhubarb And Scallions Recipes

CHICKEN WITH RHUBARB AND SPRING VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Place rhubarb in an even layer in a 14-by-11-by-2-inch oval dish. Arrange chicken over the rhubarb so that the thick side of the chicken is toward the inside rim of the dish. Sprinkle salt over chicken. Evenly scatter asparagus, radishes and shallots over chicken. Lightly press layers down into the dish. Pour cream over all.
• Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap. Cook at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 10 minutes. While dish is cooking, stir cornstarch and water until smooth.
• Prick plastic to release steam. Remove from oven and uncover. Spread scallions and pour cornstarch mixture over vegetables. Use a spoon to mix them into the cream as well as possible without disturbing the chicken. Re-cover and cook for 5 minutes. Prick plastic to release steam.
• Remove from oven and uncover. Mix in pepper and serve.

SKILLET CHICKEN WITH RHUBARB

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and season with 1 tablespoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Place in a bowl with the thyme sprigs and cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove thyme from bowl with chicken, reserving thyme. Add chicken pieces to skillet and sear, turning occasionally, until golden brown all over, about 10 minutes. Transfer pieces to a platter.
• Reduce heat to medium. Stir in onion (white and light green parts) and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and reserved thyme; cook 1 minute more. Stir in wine and bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits in the bottom of pan. Add rhubarb, honey, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper.
• Return chicken pieces to pot in a single layer. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes for breasts and 20 to 25 minutes for legs and thighs, transferring chicken pieces to a platter as they finish cooking.
• Whisk butter into rhubarb sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Spoon sauce over chicken and garnish with sliced onion greens.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH RHUBARB AND SCALLIONS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 3/4 cup broth to a boil. Stir in the raisins and remove from heat. Allow raisins to sit in liquid while preparing the rest of the recipe.
• In a 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add chicken and cook for 2 minutes. Add white and light green pieces of scallions, placing them toward the center of the pan. Turn chicken and cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the raisins, their soaking liquid and remaining chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn chicken and simmer for 5 more minutes. Turn chicken again and stir in cream, rhubarb and salt. Turn heat to low.
• In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup water. Bring the cooking liquid in the pan back to a boil, then stir about 1 cup of it into the cornstarch mixture. Stir this back into the pan with the chicken. Return to a simmer and cook until the starch flavor is cooked out and the sauce thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Stir in the rest of the scallions. Serve over medium egg noodles.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH SCALLIONS, SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS, AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet heat the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it cook the chicken breasts, patted dry and seasoned with salt and pepper, skin sides down, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until they are golden. Turn the breasts and cook them over moderate heat, covered, for 7 to 8 minutes more, or until they are cooked through. Transfer the breasts to a platter and keep them warm. To the skillet add the garlic, the shallot, and the 2 thyme sprigs (or the dried thyme if using) and cook the mixture, stirring, until the shallot is softened. Add the vinegar, boil the mixture until the vinegar is almost evaporated, and add the mushrooms. Cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, for 1 minute, add the wine, and boil the mixture until the wine is almost evaporated. Add 1 1/4 cups of the broth and the scallions and simmer the mixture for 1 minute. In a small bowl whisk together the remaining 1/4 cups broth and the arrowroot and add the mixture to the skillet with the tomatoes and the fresh thyme leaves. Simmer the sauce, stirring, for 1 minute, or until it is thickened, stir in any juices that have accumulated around the chicken, and add salt and pepper to taste. Transfer a chicken breast to each of 6 dinner plates, spoon some of the sauce over each breast, and garnish each serving with 1 of the additional thyme sprigs.

SHEET-PAN CHICKEN WITH RHUBARB AND RED ONION

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees and line sheet pan with parchment paper. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season all over with coriander, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Place onion wedges on the prepared sheet pan and lightly season with more salt and pepper. Add chicken and thyme sprigs to the pan and drizzle 3 tablespoons oil over everything. Toss until well coated, then spread chicken and onions in a single layer. Roast for 10 minutes.
• While the chicken is in the oven, combine rhubarb and 3 tablespoons honey in a medium bowl. Lightly drizzle with oil, add a pinch of salt and pepper, and toss until rhubarb is well coated.
• Remove chicken from oven and carefully spoon rhubarb onto the hot pan around the onions and chicken. Continue roasting until the chicken is cooked through, and the rhubarb and onion are tender and caramelized, 25 to 35 minutes longer, tossing the rhubarb and onions (not the chicken) once about halfway through.
• Stir the rhubarb and onions very well, making sure to incorporate all the browned bits and chicken juices from the bottom of the pan (this is the tastiest part). Then sample a piece of rhubarb. If it's very tart, drizzle with a little more honey, tossing well. Serve chicken with rhubarb-onion mixture garnished with herbs.

PAN ROASTED CHICKEN WITH RHUBARB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Season chicken with salt and pepper and dust with flour, tapping off excess. Heat a large oven proof skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium-high heat. Swirl in 2 tablespoons oil. Place chicken in skillet, skinned side down and cook until browned and easily releases from pan, about 4 minutes; flip and brown second side, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil, onion, garlic, and ginger to pan. Season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are translucent, about 3 minutes. Add cumin, turmeric, and sugar and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Stir in broth and rhubarb and bring to a boil on top of stove.
• Nestle chicken back into pan. Transfer to oven and roast until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. If rhubarb is still underdone, remove chicken to a plate, tent with foil and return pan to oven until rhubarb is just tender, 3 to 4 minutes. (Be careful, it's easy to overcook rhubarb and you don't want it to completely fall apart.) Stir in cilantro, then return chicken to pan, turning to coat in sauce. Serve chicken and sauce over rice or with flatbread, sprinkled with more cilantro.

FRESH RHUBARB BREAST OF CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread the carrots and green onions over the bottom of a small roasting pan.
• Place the chicken breasts on top of the vegetables and sprinkle with the no-salt seasoning.
• Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the maple syrup over the top; cover and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove the chicken to a warm plate while you complete the sauce (or keep in a warm oven).
• To the roasting pan, add the chicken stock, the remaining 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, cinnamon, and rhubarb.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cook gently till rhubarb is tender.
• Stir in the cornstarch and continue to boil gently untill thickened.
• Spoon sauce over the chicken and serve immediately.

ROAST CHICKEN AND SCALLIONS

Steps:

• Put a flameproof shallow baking pan on rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 500°F.
• Pat chicken dry. Cut scallions into 2-inch-long pieces, then toss with chicken, oil, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Roast, without crowding, in hot pan until chicken is browned in spots and just cooked through, about 25 minutes.
• Transfer chicken and scallions to a serving dish, then straddle pan over 2 burners. Add wine and cook over medium heat, scraping up brown bits, 1 minute. Pour sauce over chicken.