French Style Basil Chicken Recipes

LEMON BASIL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts on a cutting board. Flatten slightly using the smooth side of a meat mallet. Dust both sides lightly with flour.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until bubbling. Saute chicken breasts until lightly browned, about 3 minutes per side. Add chicken stock, lemon juice, basil, and lemon zest. Cover and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a warm platter. Cover loosely to keep warm. Boil remaining liquid over high heat, uncovered, until reduced to 1/2 cup. Spoon sauce over chicken.

FRENCH STYLE BASIL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put the sage leaves in a pan along with the onions, the white wine and the chicken broth.
• Bring to a rolling boil, and continue to boil until the sauce is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 8-10 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Lay the pieces of chicen in a flat pan or in an airtight plastic bag and use this cooled sauce to marinate the chicken covered overnight in the fridge, or at least 6 hours.
• The next day, preheat the oven to 325°, remove chicken from the marinade, reserving the marinade, and pat dry.
• Put chicken in oven for about 35-45 minutes or until the juices run clear.
• Meanwhile, strain the marinade, discarding the onions, and leaves.
• Put in a suacepan and bring to a rolling boil, and boil for about 10-15 minutes, or until reduced by 1/3.
• Take half of the cream, and blend it together with the basil leaves in the blender until very smooth, and a bit pasty.
• Add this to the sauce, along with the other half of the cream, and reduce heat to low and keep warm until the chicken in done.
• Serve this sauce over the chicken, with rice.