Chicken Divan
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Chicken Divan
Category
Meat and Poultry
Ingredients
- 5 teaspoons Fustini’s Medium SELECT olive oil
- 12 ounces broccoli florets, cut into 1 1/2-inch piece
- 1 ¼ cups chicken broth, homemade or store-bought
- 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 2 (6- to 8-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, or chicken filets, trimmed
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 shallot, minced
- ½ cup heavy cream or half and half
- 1/4 cup Fustini’s Sherry Reserva vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 ½ ounces Parmesan cheese, grated (3/4 cup)
- 2 teaspoons Fustini’s Sicilian Lemon Balsamic
Ingredients
Directions
- Heat 2 teaspoons oil in 10-inch oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Add broccoli and cook until spotty brown, about 2 minutes. Add ¼, cup broth, cover, and cook until just tender, about 2 minutes. Transfer broccoli to plate and wipe out skillet with paper towels.
- Place 2 tablespoons of flour in a shallow dish. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour, shaking to remove excess. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in now-empty skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Cook chicken until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to plate.
- Reduce heat to medium, add butter and shallot to now-empty skillet, and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in the remaining 2 teaspoons flour and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in remaining 1 cup broth, cream, sherry vinegar, and Worcestershire and bring to simmer, scraping up any browned bits. Return chicken to skillet and simmer until it registers 160 degrees, 8 to 10 minutes, flipping halfway through cooking.
- Adjust oven rack 9 inches from broiler element and heat broiler. Transfer chicken to cutting board and continue to simmer sauce until reduced to ½, cup, 5 to 7 minutes. Off heat, whisk in ¼, cup Parmesan and Sicilian Lemon Balsamic. Season sauce with salt and pepper to taste. Cut chicken into ½,-inch-thick slices and stir chicken and broccoli into the sauce in skillet. Sprinkle with remaining ½, cup Parmesan and broil until spotty brown, about 5 minutes. Serve.
Recipe Note
adapted from "America's Test Kitchen"