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Chicken in Orange Sauce

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

orange chicky Chicken in Orange SauceHere’s an interesting recipe which I prefer to the horrible one I found on youtube. That recipe made me feel sick. Tip - avoid any recipes which tell you to cook with a can of Campbell’s Cream of Chicken Soup. It tastes fine as a soup in its own right but PLEASE don’t cook with that stuff instead of using chicken stock and cream.

Anyhow here’s a tried and trusted recipe from my own book. It’s how to make chicken with orange sauce and I like it enormously. Let me know what you think of it!

If you are after video recipes, check out the chicken recipes videos from www.videojug.com as they are professionally made. Here’s my own recipe for how to make chicken with orange sauce:

Ingredients for Chicken With Orange Sauce:

Serves 4 people

Cooking time - around 20 minutes

Preparation time: 10 minutes.

Ingredients:

4chicken breasts, halved
3 cups of chicken stock (3 cubes with hot water)
1 large tub of thick cream or fromage frais or yogurt
12 cups of chopped mushrooms
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of salt and 1 of pepper
1 garlic clove
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons brown sugar or sweetener
1 tablespoon  of olive oil
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 teaspoon orange rind, grated
1/2 spoon parsley, chopped
Serve with some seasoned, warm long grain rice or buttered pasta
Instructions
How To Make Chicken with Creamy Orange Sauce
(Remember low fat chicken with orange creamy sauce requires yogurt not cream!)
Step one
Wash the chicken and dry the breasts.
Step Two
In a mixing bowl, throw in the breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and spices (cinnamon)
Step Three
In another mixing bowl, crack the eggs and stir them about until mixed.
Step Four
Dip the chicken breasts in the egg
Step Five
Dip the egg-covered chicken breasts in the breadcrumb and make sure that both sides are covered by the breadcrumbs. You can use Matzo meal instead of breadcrumbs if you wish.
Step Five
Heat a frying pan or skillet and put in the olive oil and garlic. Put in the chicken breasts and cook on a medium heat until they start to turn brown. Turn once.
Step Six
Add the orange juice and the chicken stock in the pan and reduce over a high heat until the juice has almost entirely evaporated
Step Seven
Now pour the cream over the chicken breast and cook for 90 seconds over a high heat. It’s ready to serve!
This chicken with orange sauce tastes great with warm, seasoned rice.
Remember, A low fat chicken with creamy orange sauce can be made with fromage frais or yogurt instead of thick whipping cream.
Enjoy!

How to Make Quick and Easy Chicken in Brandy Cream Sauce

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

chicken with sauce How to Make Quick and Easy Chicken in Brandy Cream SauceHere’s how to make a quick, delicious and easy chicken in brandy cream sauce. You can make a low fat and healthy Chicken  with brandy cream sauce by using low fat yogurt or fromage frais instead of cream. I love to eat this chicken recipe with noodles or pasta although my mother used to serve it to me with fried potatoes.

So here goes!

Chicken In Brandy Cream Sauce

Serves 4 people

Preparation Time 8 minutes

Cooking Time: 24 minutes

Ingredients for Quick Chicken With Brandy Cream Sauce:

0.6 kg boneless Chicken breasts - 4 chicken breasts (about 1 1/3 lb)

spoon of salt,

pinch of pepper

small glass of brandy

3 cups of mushrooms (about 1/4 kilo)

1 clove of fresh garlic

1/2 teaspoon of parsely

1/4 of a fresh lemon

5 spring onions or green onions, sliced or chopped up

1/2 cup of chicken stock (1-2 cubes with hot water)

1 large tub or half a cup of thick cream - whipping or double cream. You can use yogurt or fromage frais to create a low-fat chicken with brandy cream sauce dish.

1.5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil (any olive oil will do really)

Serve on top of some freshly cooked noodles. A good pasta would be al-dente (firm) tagliatelle pasta.

Step One:

Heat the oil in a large frying pan or skillet and salt the pan lightly. Get a large saucepan and boil some salted water ready to put in the noodles/pasta/tagliatelle

Step Two:

Place the chicken in the pan and cook for 12-13 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. You will be able to tell that it is cooked because the juice will run clear when you pierce the middle of the chicken breast. Tip: You only need to turn the chicken once.

Step Three:

Now put the noodles or pasta in the boiling water.

Step Four

Add some salt, pepper and stir in the mushrooms, brandy, garlic clove and the chicken stock.  Carry on cooking until the mushrooms looked cooked through and the liquid (stock and brandy) starts to almost evaporate entirely. A little liquid should remain - don’t over cook it and dry everything out!

Step Five

Add the cream slowly over a lower heat and stir continuously for about 2 minutes.  Add the parsley and a little bit of black pepper. Remove chicken from heat.

Step Six

Remove the cooked pasta from the heat and drain.

Step Seven: Serve - place the chicken with brandy cream sauce on top of the pasta.

Enjoy!