Breast of Chicken Toledo for Two
Title: Breast of Chicken Toledo for Two
Categories: Chicken
Yield: 6 servings
1 Whole chicken breast, -halved, boned, and skinned
3 tb Unsalted butter
1/2 c Sweet sherry
1/4 c Flour
2 tb Fresh
lime juice
1/4 ts Salt
1 ds Tabasco sauce
1/4 ts Cayenne pepper
1/3 c Pimento-stuffed green -olives, sliced
1/2 ts Paprika
1 tb
Olive oil 1
Lime, quartered
4 Scallions, sliced
2 Parsley sprigs
1 Clove garlic, crushed
Flatten the chicken breast halves between two sheets of
waxed paper with the side of a cleaver or a rolling pin. Mix the flour, salt,
pepper and paprika. Dredge the chicken pieces in the seasoned fl
our and set aside.
Heat the olive over medium heat in a frying pan
add the scallions and
garlic. Saute and stir for about 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon
to a heated dish.
Add the butter to the same frying pan. Add the chicken pieces when the butter is bubbly. Fry the chicken until brown, about 3 minutes on each side. Increase heat to high add the sherry, lime juice, Tabasco sauce, sliced olives and the reserved scallions and garlic. Cook less than 2 minutes. Remove the chicken to heated serving plates. Spoon the sauce from the pan over the chicken. Garnish with lime quarters and parsley sprigs.
Serve with an 8-ounce can of stewed tomatoes with 2 tablespoons of bottled Caesar-type salad dressing mixed in with it and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.
NOTE: This recipe can be doubled.