Caramelized Chicken w/ Mushroom Sauce & Grilled Herb Bread

Caramelized Chicken w/ Mushroom Sauce

adapted from: http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/03/caramelized-chicken-with-mushroom-sauce-and-grilled-herb-bread/

Ingredients

4 thinly sliced boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1/3 cup all purpose flour

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons butter

1/4 onion, chopped

2 cups sliced mushrooms

1/3 cup white wine

salt and pepper

Directions

Season the chicken breasts (make sure they are very thin or slice them thin!) liberally with salt and pepper. Add the flour in a bowl and dredge the chicken in the flour – you want a very thin and light coating on the chicken. Heat a large skillet on medium high heat and add the olive oil. Add the chicken to the skillet and brown on each side, about 3-4 minutes per side. While the chicken is browning, chop the onion and get out your mushrooms.

Once chicken is done cooking (after about 7-8 minutes total), set it aside on a plate. Turn heat down to medium and add 1 tablespoon butter and onion. Saute for 1 minute. Add the remaining butter (2 tablespoons) and mushrooms. Stir and saute for 6-8 minutes, until mushrooms are soft. Add in wine to deglaze the pan and stir well to remove brown bits from bottom of the pan. Add chicken back in with the mushrooms.

Grilled Herb Bread

Ingredients

1 loaf bread (I used sourdough)

Herbs (I used basil, parsley, and thyme)

1/2 stick butter, softened

2 garlic cloves, minced

Directions

Preheat broiler. Slice bread. Combine the butter with herbs & garlic. Spread onto bread. Broil until butter is melted and bread is toasted. Serve alongside chicken.