Chicken tonight ;o)

[pinkiefriend]

I have 3 chicken breasts and have a friend coming for dinner. I want to cook something that is going to be tasty but also something that i can freeze leftovers. Something simple as well, and not curry. Any ideas. I have balsamic vinigar, bay leafs, etc. Maybe a casserole or something.

[nickmo]

Pan poached chicken breast in sherry sauce?

Dust chicken in seasoned flour. Pan fry in olive oil and butter to brown. Remove from pan, add finely sliced onion and touch of garlic. Fry to colour the onion. Add chicken stock and dry sherry. Reduce by half. Return chicken to pan, finish cooking chicken, add creme fraiche, sliced roasted almonds and season. Finish for further 3 mins.

Remove from pan, serve over rice boiled in stock, or creamy mash potato, or boiled potato with saffron, and couple of good green veg.

Dress this up using shallots as well as the onion, or use red onion rather than the ordinary ones. Season the flour with smoked paprika for extra 'depth'

Chicken in ginger sauce?

Marinade chicken in soy sauce, white wine, vinegar, ground black pepper, coriander, fresh ginger, couple of drops sesame seed oil. Leave for as long as poss - 5 hours is good.

When ready, remove chicken from marinade and reserve this for a sauce. Dust chicken in flour and fry in hot oil. Remove from pan, add marinade and thicken with cornflour. Heat, reduce and return chicken to pan to coat.

Serve as above...add fine sliced mushrooms to the pan with the chicken, or extra sliced onions etc for further flavour..

Couple ideas I hope will help..

[ethandron]

cut each chicken breast in half. wrap each half in a rasher of bacon (or a slice of ham) and put it in a baking dish. tip a can of mushroom soup (or any old soup you happen to have in) over it. cover with a lid or foil and bake in a medium oven for about an hour. you could add herbs to the soup if you wanted. really tasty and easy.