Chicken Forestiere Recipes

VEAL FORESTIERE

Steps:

• Lightly flour veal cutlets, and shake off the excess. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place cutlets in pan, and cook 1 to 2 minutes per side, until browned and nearly cooked through. Remove veal from pan, and set aside.
• Saute garlic and shallots in skillet until shallots are tender. Stir in mushrooms, and continue to cook until mushrooms begin to sweat. Pour in the wine; cook 2 to 3 minutes more, stirring with a spoon to scrape the bottom of the pan. Pour in stock, and simmer 5 to 10 minutes, or until liquid begins to reduce.
• Return veal to pan with artichokes, and cook until heated through. Season with salt and pepper. To serve, arrange the veal on plates, and spoon the sauce over.

POULET FORESTIERES

Steps:

• Combine 2 tablespoons flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in shallow dish. Dredge chicken breasts in flour mixture. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat. Add chicken and cook for 3-4 minutes per side, or until golden on outside and no longer pink inside. Remove and keep warm.
• Add 1 teaspoon butter to the pan. Add bacon/ham pieces as well as the shallots or onions and cook, stirring for 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and saute for 5 minutes or until softened and browned. Add remaining 1 tablespoon flour and cook, stirring for 30 seconds.
• Pour in stock, wine and cognac and bring to boil, stirring. Cook 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Reduce heat to low, stir in parsley or chives and whipping cream. Season and return chicken to pan and simmer until mashed potatoes are ready to plate, stirring occasionally.
• While chicken is simmering, place the potato in a pan of cold water, boil then simmer until you can pierce with a fork. Drain. Using a potato masher, slowly add the butter, milk and sage and mix until smooth and creamy. You may not need all of the butter or milk, depending on your potato and how it mashes.
• Put a dollop of mashed potato in the centre of each plate and arrange the chicken around it. Pour the sauce over and serve.

CHICKEN CHASSEUR

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper then toss in the flour to coat.
• Heat a large frying pan until hot, add the oil and half the butter then fry the chicken pieces, skin side down, for 1-2 minutes until golden-brown. Turn the chicken and fry on the other side for another 1-2 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a frying pan until hot, add the remaining butter and fry the bacon and button mushrooms until they are golden-brown. Add the shallots and caster sugar and fry for 2-3 minutes until golden and caramelised.
• Add the wine and bring it to a simmer, stirring to deglaze the pan, then pour the bacon and mushroom mixture over the chicken. Add the stock, tomato purée and tarragon to the chicken and bring to the boil.
• Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the liquid slightly reduced.
• Meanwhile, for the mash, place the potatoes into a pan of salted water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 12-15 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
• Drain the potatoes and return them to the pan, then place the pan on the heat for one minute to steam off any excess moisture.
• Mash the potatoes well, then add the butter and milk, beating to form a smooth mash. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• When the chicken is cooked, add the tomatoes and flat leaf parsley, check the seasoning then simmer for a further two minutes before serving.
• Serve two pieces of chicken per person with the sauce spooned over and a dollop of mash alongside.

SAUCE FORESTIERE (WILD MUSHROOM SAUCE)

Steps:

• Coarsely chop mushrooms; there should be about 2 cups of each.
• Bring enough water to cover mushrooms to boil and add salt to taste. Add mushrooms and cook about 1 minute. Drain immediately. Put mushrooms in cheesecloth and squeeze to extract most of liquid.
• Put mushrooms into the container of food processor or electric blender and blend as fine as possible. There should be about 1/2 cup.
• Melt butter in saucepan and add mushrooms. Cook briefly and add cream, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne pepper. Let simmer 5 minutes. Serve with roast meats, poached eggs, steamed fish, broiled chicken or roast rack of lamb (see recipe).

CREAMY CHICKEN & MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon each kosher salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the chicken, turning once, until browned and just cooked through, 7 to 10 minutes total. Transfer to a plate.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil and mushrooms to the pan; cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has evaporated, about 4 minutes. Increase heat to high, add wine and cook until it has mostly evaporated, about 4 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; stir in cream, any accumulated juice from the chicken and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Return the chicken to the pan and turn to coat with the sauce. Serve the chicken topped with the sauce and sprinkled with parsley.

CHICKEN FORESTIERE

Steps:

• Rehydrate the mushrooms in 50ml boiling water.
• Place one tablespoon of oil in a large sauté or frying pan over a medium high heat and brown off the chicken fillets. Set the chicken to one side.
• Lower the heat to medium low, and add the second tablespoon of oil to the pan, and add the onions. Cook until just starting to colour, and then add the thyme, the soaked mushrooms, the soaking water, the chicken stock and the chicken. Cook for 20 minutes over a low heat.
• Add the brandy and the cream and cook for another 30 minutes.
• Slice the mushrooms and sauté them in a dry frying pan until they have given up their liquid and coloured, but not until they look dried out. Transfer these to the main pan, and give the whole thing a final couple of minutes, before sprinkling with finely chopped fresh parsley, and serving.

CHICKEN FORESTIERE

Steps:

• Combine 4 T flour, salt & pepper in a shallow dish. Dredge chicken breasts in flour mixture. Heat 2 t oil in nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add half of chicken and cook about 3-4 minutes per side until golden outside and no longer pink. Remove and keep warm; repeat with 2 more t oil and remaining chicken. Add remaining 2 t oil to skillet. Add shallot and cook, stirring for 10-20 seconds. Add mushrooms and saute 1-2 minutes or until softened and browned. Add remaining 2T flour and cook, stirring for 30 seconds. Pour in broth & wine and bring to boil, stirring. cook for 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Reduce to low and stir in parsley. Season to taste. Return chicken to pan and heat gently.