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- From: rfoster@mtuxo.uucp (Robin Harris Foster)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Tarragon chicken
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- Date: 22 Aug 87 08:58:02 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHICKEN-TARRAG M "26 Feb 87" 1987
- .RZ "CHICKEN TARRAGON" "Saut\z\(aaed chicken with a tarragon cream sauce"
- This recipe comes from the little cookbook
- .I "Anodyne Delights,"
- a collection of recipes by Barbara Tyne who, along with her husband
- Tom, operated the chartered yacht
- .I "Anodyne"
- in the Caribbean. Barbara served this
- dish with rice and broccoli tossed with butter, garlic, and Parmesan cheese.
- .IH "Serves 4"
- .IG "4" "chicken breasts"
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "butter" "50 g"
- .IG "1 cup" "dry vermouth" "25 cl"
- .IG "2 tsp" "dijon mustard" "10 ml"
- .IG "1 cup" "heavy cream" "25 cl"
- .IG "1 tsp" "tarragon" "5 ml"
- .IG "pinch" "salt and pepper"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Remove the skin and bone from the chicken breasts. Pound with
- a meat mallet until chicken breast is of even thickness.
- .SK 2
- Melt the butter in a skillet. Saut\z\(aae chicken 4 minutes on each side.
- Remove the chicken to a warm dish while you prepare the sauce.
- .SK 3
- Mix the dijon mustard into the vermouth and pour the mixture into the
- skillet. Stir to dissolve the browned bits in the pan.
- Reduce volume of liquid by half over medium heat.
- .SK 4
- Add the heavy cream and the tarragon. Stir continuously, 5 to
- 10 minutes, until mixture thickens.
- .SK 5
- Arrange the chicken on a serving dish and pour some of the cream sauce over
- it. Serve the remaining sauce on the side.
- .NX
- For a different flavor, saut\z\(aae
- .AB "\(12 cup" "40 g"
- chopped mushrooms before deglazing the skillet with the vermouth.
- .PP
- If you are daring, you can cook the chicken breasts at the same time you are
- making the sauce, using one hand for each. This will make the chicken be
- warmer when served.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy if you buy boneless chicken breasts.
- .I Time:
- 5 minutes preparation, 10 minutes cooking.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Robin Harris Foster
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