Monday, December 3, 2012

Sick & Saucy

Last week, Jason & I were both sick with sinus's and just completely worthless. The worthlessness is partly due to being under the weather & partly due to our free 30 day Netflix trial. We are 100% addicted to Breaking Bad and have a lot to catch up on... "I mean 'ey, priorities Jack"! (We're also addicted to Duck Dynasty if you can't tell. Man, I love Si!)  Now that I have thoroughly justified by lazy ways, on to the menu!


Jason helped me out last week by find a couple of great recipes. I was running low on ideas because let's face it... cooking the same ol' same ol' gets old quick. I fixed the chicken with caper sauce & decided this is the one I wanted to blog since we loved it so much. Anybody that thinks a recipe's going to be bad when it starts with cooking the meat in butter is a nut! But I digress...


Here is the link to the recipe Jason found on AllRecipes but I put it below too with a couple tweaks I recommend. I also made rice & broccoli for the sides instead of the pasta it showed in the picture.



  • What you'll need:
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
  • 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt (I will omit this next time & add later if needed)
  • 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream (I used more like 3/4 cup)
  • 2 tablespoons capers, drained and rinsed (Be sure to rinse!! I didn't & yowza!)

Directions

  1. Season chicken breasts with lemon pepper, salt, dill weed, and garlic powder.
  2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Place breasts in skillet, and increase heat to medium-high. Turn chicken frequently, until brown, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and cook 5 to 7 minutes, until breasts are cooked through. Remove chicken to a warm serving platter, and cover with foil.


3. Return skillet to stove, and increase heat to high. Whisk in whipping cream, whisking continuously until     reduced to sauce consistency, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in capers. Pour sauce over chicken, and serve.
Caper Cream Sauce... YUM!



** Cook your rice in low sodium chicken stock instead of water. It's amazing the flavor it will have! 

XOXO


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