Chicken Breast Amandine Recipes

CHICKEN ALMONDINE

Steps:

• Saute almonds in butter in a large skillet over medium heat until lightly browned.
• Remove with a slotted spoon, reserving butter in skillet.
• Set almonds aside.
• Combine flour, rosemary salt and pepper.
• Dredge chicken in flour mixture.
• Brown chicken in reserved butter over medium-high heat 4 minutes on each side.
• Stir in wine or apple juice, cover, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Remove chicken to a serving platter, reserving juices in skillet.
• Set chicken aside and keep warm.
• Bring juices to a boil; stir in reserved almonds.
• Spoon almond mixture over chicken.

CHICKEN AMANDINE

Steps:

• On waxed paper, mix flour, salt, and pepper; use to coat chicken breasts.
• In 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, in 1 tablespoon hot margarine or butter, cook chicken breasts until browned and fork-tender, about 10 minutes.
• Remove chicken to platter.
• In same skillet over medium heat, in 1 more tablespoon hot margarine or butter, cook almonds until lightly browned.
• Stir in lemon juice.
• Spoon sauce over chicken.
• Garnish with parsley sprigs.

CHICKEN BREAST AMANDINE

Steps:

• Heat oil over moderately-high heat until hot but not smoking and brown chicken, patted dry and seasoned, for 2 minutes on each side.
• Reduce heat to moderately-low, cook chicken for 6 minutes more on each side, or until it is cooked through, and transfer to 2 plates.
• Cook almonds in oil over moderate heat, stirring, for 1 minute, or until golden, and transfer to paper towel to drain.
• Add wine, water and garlic paste to skillet and boil until reduced by half.
• Remove from heat and stir in butter, parsley, almonds, lemon juice and season to taste.
• Spoon sauce over chicken.
• Serve with buttered orzo and steamed broccoli.

CHICKEN BREAST AMANDINE

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet heat the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it brown the chicken, patted dry and seasoned with salt and pepper, for 2 minutes on each side. Reduce the heat to moderately low, cook the chicken for 6 minutes more on each side, or until it is cooked through, and transfer it to 2 heated plates.
• Cook the almonds in the oil remaining in the skillet over moderate heat, stirring, for 1 minute, or until they are golden, and transfer them with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Add to the skillet the wine, the water, and the garlic paste and boil the mixture until it is reduced by half. Remove the skillet from the heat, stir in the butter, the parsley, the almonds, the lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste, and spoon the almond sauce over the chicken.