Quick Chick

by Bob Sassone, Posted Jun 3rd 2008 @ 12:05PM

If there's one thing that's better than a good chicken recipe it's a good chicken recipe that rhymes.

This is from the Cooking For 2 blog and is called Quick Chick. It combines two of my favorite things: one I eat all the time (chicken) and one I don't enough that often, for obvious reasons (bacon). This is a deceptive recipe: very, very easy to do but it has some clever ingredients to make it seem to slaved over it all day (white wine, chicken broth, a splash of lemon juice just before you serve), cooked in a skillet for about 20 minutes.

Quick Chick

4 strips of bacon, diced
2 boneless chicken breasts, cut into long strips
2 T flour
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 c chicken broth
1/2 c dry white wine
1 T lemon juice
Parsley, chopped

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat. Drain on paper towels. Don't toss the bacon grease, though. Instead, turn the heat to low and dump in the garlic.

Combine flour and cayenne pepper in a shallow dish. Season chicken strips with salt and pepper, then dredge in flour. Turn the heat back up to medium and brown the strips in the skillet (about 2 minutes each side).

Add bacon pieces, chicken broth and wine and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.

Just before serving, brighten the sauce with some lemon juice. Garnish with parsley.

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