Basic Sauteed Chicken Breast Recipe

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Basic Sauteed Chicken Breast
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Ingredients
9
Count
Nutrition
191
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Begin by trimming the chicken breasts if they need trimming. I use my beloved kitchen scissors and snip off any shaggy bits of fat or gristle.
  2. Pat them dry with paper towels (to helps them brown) and sprinkle them with some kosher salt.
  3. Heat a very large pan over medium-high heat and add the butter, which should melt and foam, and the olive oil, which should stop the butter from burning. When the fat is all very hot but not turning black (recipes say when the foam subsides ), add the chicken breasts in one layer. Now leave them alone for 5 or so minutes while the bottom gets nice and crusty and brown.
  4. Use tongs or a spatula to flip them over as they brown, and then cook another 4 or so minutes until the bottom is very brown and the chicken is cooked through. You may want to cut a piece open to check, but pressing a cooked breast with your fingertip will give you a feel for its doneness, which will develop over time into the skill of knowing when it's done without cutting it.
  5. Pile the chicken on a heat-proof plate and pop it into a 200ºF heated oven while you deglaze the pan. Add the garlic, onion and mushrooms until tender. Pour half the broth in and scrape with a spatula to dissolve all the yummy browned bits while the broth bubbles and boils furiously in the hot pan.
  6. When the wine has cooked down about halfway, add the broth & juice, turn the heat to high, and cook until the sauce seems syrupy and delicious. Taste it for salt, then drizzle it over the chicken, sprinkle with parsley, and serve. Sometimes, if the chicken has browned but doesn't seem quite cooked through, I leave it in the pan while I make the sauce so that it can simmer in there a bit longer.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 191.01 Kcal (800 kJ)
Calories from fat 88.18 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.8g 15%
Cholesterol 74.52mg 25%
Sodium 610mg 25%
Potassium 426.96mg 9%
Total Carbs 3.16g 1%
Sugars 1.14g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.49g 2%
Protein 23.17g 46%
Vitamin C 9.2mg 15%
Iron 0.1mg 0%
Calcium 17.9mg 2%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 89.53 Kcal (375 kJ)
Calories from fat 41.33 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.59g 15%
Cholesterol 34.93mg 25%
Sodium 285.93mg 25%
Potassium 200.13mg 9%
Total Carbs 1.48g 1%
Sugars 0.53g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.23g 2%
Protein 10.86g 46%
Vitamin C 4.3mg 15%
Calcium 8.4mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.5
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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