Easy Chicken Tarragon

Easy Chicken Tarragon

Chicken TerragonThis is a recipe I grew up with as it might have been my mom’s signature dish. Simply a comforting meal with lots of flavor.

Ingredients:

  • 6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
  • 2 tsp. tarragon
  • 3 ½ cups ( 1-750 ml bottle) white wine
  • 1-8 ounce pkg. fresh sliced mushrooms
  • 2 tsp. vegetable oil
  • ½ cup yellow mustard
  • 1 tbs. corn starch
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Place chicken in a bowl and coat with mustard.  Heat oil in a large saucepan on medium-high heat.  Brown chicken on all sides.  Add tarragon, mushrooms, and wine and bring to a boil.  Lower heat to medium, salt and pepper to taste and simmer for 45 minutes.
  2. Remove chicken pieces from pan and add cream to the sauce.  Simmer 5 minutes.
  3. In a glass, mix water and cornstarch and add to the sauce. Let mixture thicken for 3 minutes.
  4. Return chicken to the sauce and re-season with salt and pepper if necessary.

Serve over white rice.

4 Servings.

Ricotta and Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Breasts

  • ¾ low fat ricotta cheese
  • 2 ounces goat cheese, softened
  • 2 tbs. chopped parsley
  • 1 tbs. chopped chives
  • ¼ tsp. dried Italian herbs
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • black pepper to taste
  • 4 boneless breasts of chicken halves, pounded to ¼-inch thickness
  • 8 ounces tomato sauce, heated through

Blend together the ricotta and goat cheese with spoon.  Stir in parsley, chives, Italian herbs, salt and a little pepper.  Set aside.

Spread each breast with ¼ of filling and roll up each piece.  Refrigerate 30 minutes.

In bottom of 9-inch square glass baking dish, spread thin layer of tomato sauce.  Put chicken onto sauce layer and pour remaining sauce over chicken.  Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes, or until cooked through.  Remove from oven a let cool 5 minutes.

4 Servings.