Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 4-6 large chicken breasts (trimmed and cut into 1-2 inch pieces)
3 tbsp. cooking oil (maybe more)
6 tbsp. butter (3 for mushrooms, 3 for sauce)
1/4 tsp. black pepper (for sauce)
salt and pepper (for lightly seasoning chicken)
1 c. flour + 3 tbsp. (for sauce)
3 tsp. lemon juice (fresh squeezed)
1 medium onion (finely diced)
3 garlic cloves (minced)
1-1 1/2 lb.. fresh mushrooms (I use Bella or Portobello)
1 1/2 c. hot water/white wine (combine according to preference)
1 c. half & half (or 1/2 c.whipping cream, 1/2 c. milk)
2 beef bouillon cubes (crushed)
1 lb. bow-tie pasta (cooked according to package)
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Directions: |
Directions:Preheat oven to 350º.
Heat cooking oil in large skillet over med/high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper and coat with flour. Sauté chicken until golden-brown on all sides (but do not overcook). Place cooked chicken pieces in 13x9 casserole dish.
In another skillet, melt 3 tbsp. butter and sauté mushrooms and onions until soft. Add pressed garlic and sauté additional 1 or 2 minutes. Spread mushroom mixture over chicken pieces.
In a saucepan, over low heat, melt butter and stir in 3 tbsp flour, 1 1/2 c. hot water (and/or white wine), 2 bouillon cubes (crushed), 3 tsp. lemon juice, and 1/4 tsp. black pepper. Whisk until smooth, then add half & half and bring back to a simmer. Pour mixture evenly over chicken and mushrooms.
Cover casserole dish with foil (tightly) and bake for 45-55 minutes. In the meantime, prepare pasta according to package instructions. Serve chicken over pasta. |
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Notes: This does not yield a great deal of sauce for the pasta (the original recipe does not include pasta at all) and when I attempted to double the sauce the finished product wasn't as tasty, but was still quite good. The original recipe also does not call for white wine, but I used it in a pinch one day (was out of lemons) and it added a nice depth of flavor (similar to marsala) and I now do half white wine, half hot water in addition to the lemon juice - yum.
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