Chicken In A Metaxa Cream Sauce Recipes

PAN-ROASTED CHICKEN IN CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Season the chicken parts aggressively with salt. Set a Dutch oven or large, high-sided sauté pan over high heat, and swirl the olive oil into it. When it is shimmering and about to smoke, turn the heat to medium high, and working in batches, add the chicken to the pan, skin-side down, setting the pieces aside to rest when they are golden and crisp on one side and just kissed by the heat on the other, approximately 30 minutes for all the meat.
• Discard all but 2 tablespoons of fat in the pan, then return it to medium-high heat and add the mushrooms, tossing to coat them with fat. Cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms just begin to soften, approximately 3-4 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat. Add the Cognac, and carefully ignite it with a match, or simply cook it on very low heat until the alcohol has evaporated and the mushrooms are glossy.
• Scrape the mushrooms to the sides of the pan, then add to it the chicken pieces, arranged in a single layer if possible. Pour 1 to 1 1/2 cups of chicken stock around the chicken. It should rise about halfway up each piece. Lower heat to medium, allow the mixture to come to a low simmer, then put a lid on the pan and allow the mixture to cook slowly until the meat has cooked through, approximately 15 minutes.
• Remove the lid from the pan, and transfer the chicken pieces to a platter to rest. Turn the heat to medium high, and allow the chicken stock to reduce by 1/3, then add the heavy cream, and stir to incorporate. Let this mixture simmer for a minute or 2 until it starts to thicken, then add the Madeira, and swirl again to combine.
• Continue cooking the sauce until it can enrobe the back of a spoon, approximately 2-3 minutes more, then stir in the butter, crème fraîche and chopped savory and stir to combine. Turn the heat off, add the tarragon, stir one more time and then return the chicken pieces to the pan. Spoon some sauce over the chicken, sprinkle with the parsley and serve.

CHICKEN IN A METAXA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Flatten the chicken breasts between 2 pieces of parchment paper.
• Sprinkle them with lemon juice and then with salt and pepper.
• Heat the butter in your frying pan and brown the chicken breasts then use a medium heat to cook them for about ten minutes, they should be almost done.
• Then you add the Metaxa bit by bit and let it gently evaporate.
• After that add the cream, let it heat through and thicken a bit.
• If using the herbs, add, mix and serve.

CHICKEN BREASTS IN CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown chicken breast.
• Place breasts in oven dish.
• Mix together the onion, garlic, cream, broth, salt, white pepper and worcestershire and mix well.
• Pour over the chicken and bake 2 hours at 300 degrees.
• After baking, remove breasts; strain juices into saucepan.
• Add 2 tablespoons flour and 1/2 cup water.
• Mix with whisk until thickened.
• Add milk if too thick.
• Pour sauce over breasts and garnish with parsley.