Chicken Saute Sec Recipes

CHICKEN SAUTE SEC

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Lightly season chicken halves on both sides with salt and pepper.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter. Add garlic, mushrooms, rosemary and wine. Simmer for 5 minutes. Keep warm on stove on low heat. Put chicken, skin side down on sprayed broiler rack. Broil 5" from heat source. Baste several times with wine sauce. Turn chicken at halfway point and continue to baste until chicken is done. Five minutes or so before chicken is done, put mushrooms on broiler pan to finish cooking. Remove chicken from pan and plate with mushrooms. Pour any sauce in broiler pan back into saucepan. Remove rosemary sprig and bring sauce to a boil. Pour sauce into gravy boat and use to top chicken and steamed white rice.

SAUTéED CHICKEN WITH OLIVES, CAPERS AND LEMONS

Steps:

• Bring a medium-large, high sided skillet to medium-high heat and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add half of the lemon slices and sear until browned, 3-5 minutes on each side. Transfer to a plate. Season the chicken thighs with kosher salt and black pepper and dust with rice flour, shaking off the excess. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil to the hot pan and sear the chicken pieces until golden brown, about 5 minutes each side. Transfer to another plate and finish searing the rest of the chicken pieces, then transfer to the same plate as the rest of the chicken.
• Add the rest of the olive oil to the pan and the minced garlic, and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant, stirring so the garlic doesn't burn and become bitter. Add the green olives, capers and broth. Add the reserved chicken and any juices that have been released plus the reserved lemons and their juices and cook over high heat until the broth is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add the butter and parsley and cook for another minute. Season with more kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Transfer to plates and spoon the olives, capers, lemons and sauce on top.
• Serve with sautéed spinach, kale or swiss chard on the side.

POULET SAUTE SEC

Steps:

• Dust pieces of chicken with flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet; add chicken and saute until golden brown, turning the pieces frequently and adding more butter, if needed.
• Add onion, parsley, thyme, basil and wine, cover tightly and simmer gently for 30 minutes. Add drained mushrooms; continue cooking for 15 minutes or until chicken is tender and no liquid remains in the pan.

SIMPLEST SAUTEED CHICKEN WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Put the chicken, skin side down, in a nonstick skillet large enough to accommodate it without crowding; use 2 skillets if necessary. Turn the heat to medium and season with salt and pepper. Cook, adjusting the heat and moving chicken pieces around as needed to brown them evenly. As they become evenly golden brown on the first side-not very dark, but crisp looking-after about 10 minutes, turn them. Season the skin with salt, pepper, and paprika and brown on the other side. When nearly done, add the garlic to the skillet. When browned, turn the pieces skin side down again.
• Continue to cook, turning once or twice more if necessary, until no traces of red blood remain when you cut into a piece or two. Garnish if you like and serve.

CHICKEN SAUTé FINE HERBES

Steps:

• Brown the chicken pieces in the butter, turning each piece to color evenly. When pieces are browned, add salt and pepper to taste and 1/2 to 3/4 cup white wine. Cook gently until tender. Five minutes before removing the pan, add three tablespoons finely chopped herbs in any of the following combinations: fresh tarragon and parsley; fresh tarragon, parsley, and chives; parsley and rosemary; parsley and chevril; parsley, chives, and dill. Add a little additional wine if necessary and turn the chicken pieces to bathe them well with the herb mixture. Remove chicken to platter and pour pan juices over it.

CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM SAUTE

Steps:

• Season flour with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in seasoned flour onto a sheet of wax paper. In a nonstick skillet, combine the vegetable oil and butter or margarine and heat over medium high heat until bubbly and hot. Add chicken and cook until lightly browned on both sides and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove chicken and set aside.
• To the same skillet, add the mushrooms and saute for about 5 minutes. Combine the water, broth mix, cornstarch, parsley, garlic powder, salt and pepper and add to the skillet. Cook, stirring frequently, until liquid is thickened, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Return chicken to the skillet and cook until chicken is heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve.