Poulet De Provencal Recipes

JULIA'S CHICKEN WITH HERBES DE PROVENCE

Steps:

• In a medium casserole pot, heat the butter and olive oil on medium heat until lightly foaming.
• Add the chicken and cook until lightly brown on both sides, about 5 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper, herbes de provence and garlic.
• Cover pot and allow chicken to cook for about 10-12 more minutes or more if using bone-in. You want the chicken to be cooked through with clear juices running if pricked with a fork. As the chicken cooks, baste the chicken with its butter several times.
• When chicken is done, remove to a plate and keep warm.
• Mash the garlic in the casserole with the back of a spoon.
• Add the 1/2c of white wine and reduce it by about half over high heat while scraping the bottom of the pot.
• In another small pot, beat the egg yolks until they are thick and sticky over medium heat. Beat in lemon juice and 1Tb of white wine.
• Next, beat in the casserole liquid very slowly, a few tablespoons at a time. This will create a thick and gorgeous hollondaise sauce.
• Continue to beat the sauce over low heat until it is thick and creamy.
• Plate the reserved chicken and pour the hollondaise over. Top with freshly chopped parsely and/or basil.

POULET DE PROVENCE

Steps:

• In large saucepan, heat olive oil.
• Add onion & saute 2 minutes.
• Add garlic & saute another 2 minutes.
• Add cubed chicken breast & saute 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add salt & Herbes de Provence; stir.
• Add asparagus & saute until chicken is cooked through.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions.
• To finish, add chunks of tomatoes & a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
• Toss chicken mixture with drained pasta & serve.

POULET DE PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Mix 2 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, and garlic in a bowl and stir chicken breast halves into the mixture to coat. Transfer chicken with marinade into the skillet and cook, turning occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink inside, 5 to 8 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a platter and keep warm.
• Pour 1/3 cup chicken stock into skillet and stir to dissolve browned bits of food from the skillet. Cook and stir shallot and mushrooms until mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1/3 cup chicken stock, herbes de Provence, and 1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are deep brown in color, about 2 minutes.
• Return chicken breasts to pan and top each with 1/2 slice of provolone cheese. Cover skillet and let cheese melt; serve with mushrooms.

BRAISED CHICKEN WITH TOMATOES AND OLIVES (POULET PROVENCAL)

Steps:

• Preheat convection oven to 400°F or regular oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
• Toss together tomatoes, onion, olives, sliced garlic, 2 tablespoons oil, 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence, fennel seeds, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a 13- by 9-inch or other 3-quart shallow baking dish. Push vegetables to sides of dish to make room for chicken.
• Stir together minced garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, remaining teaspoon herbes de Provence, and remaining tablespoon olive oil.
• Remove excess fat from chicken and pat dry, then rub inside and out with seasoning mixture. Tie legs together with string, then put chicken in baking dish.
• Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of a thigh (do not touch bone) registers 170°F, about 1 hour in convection oven; 1 to 1 1/4 hours in regular oven.
• Let chicken stand 10 minutes before carving. Serve with vegetables and pan juices.