Southern Livings Tarragon Cream Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Place chicken between two sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap; flatten to 1/4 inch thickness, using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
• Combine 1/2 teaspoons each of salt and white pepper; sprinkle over both sides of flattened chicken.
• Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook five minutes on each side or until done. Remove from skillet, and cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.
• Add lemon juice to the skillet, and cook over for thirty seconds, stirring to loosen particles from the bottom of the skillet.
• Add cream and next five ingredients; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring constantly, 4 minutes or until the sauce is slightly thickened.
• I always place the chicken on a serving plate, and then pour the sauce over the chicken. I then garnish with lemon slices and tarragon sprigs.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Combine chicken and flour in a zip top bag. Shake well to coat eavenly.
• Heat oil in a large skillet.
• Remove chicken from bag and shake off excess flour. Cook over medium heat about 6 minutes, turning once, until no longer pink in the middle.
• Add shallots and garlic. Cook 1 minute.
• Add broth and tarragon. Cook 2 minutes.
• Remove chicken to warm serving platter.
• Add cream (and mustard, if using) to pan, bring to a boil, and cook, stirring, until slightly thickened.
• Pour sauce over chicken and serve.

Steps:

• 1. Browning the chicken. Season both sides of the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large (10 to 12-inch) skillet over medium-high heat. Using tongs, carefully lower the chicken breasts into the pan and cook them for about 1 minute on each side just until hey begin to brown slightly. Transfer the still-raw chicken to a plate.
• 2. Poaching in cream. Reduce the heat under the skillet to low. Add the shallot and cook, stirring constantly, until softened but not browned, less than 1 minute. Add the vermouth and cook for 30 seconds, then add the cream and half the tarragon. Return the chicken breasts to the pan and adjust the heat so that the cream gently simmers. Cover and cook until the chicken is firm and just cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. To check for doneness, cut into the thickest part of a breast with a paring knife ¿ there should be no sign of pink or translucence.
• 3. Finishing. Transfer the chicken breasts to a warmed serving platter or individual dinner plates. The sauce should be thick enough to lightly coat a spoon. If it is too thin, continue to simmer it for about 1 minute and it will thicken. Stir in the remaining tarragon and the lemon juice, then taste and season with additional salt and pepper if needed. Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve right away with buttered egg noodles.

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil and melt the butter. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place chicken in the skillet and brown on both sides. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and continue cooking approximately 15 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Remove chicken and set aside, keep warm.
• Stirring cream into the pan, scrap up brown bits left in bottom of the pan. Mix in mustard and tarragon, cook and stir 5 minutes or until thickened. Return chicken to skillet and coat with sauce. Drizzle chicken with remaining sauce to serve.

Steps:

• Heat butter in large fry pan over medium high heat.
• Brown chicken pieces on all sides and remove from pan and keep warm.
• Add onion and garlic to pan and cook until tender.
• Stir in tomato paste and flour.
• Slowly add chicken stock and stir. Bring to a boil while stirring until mixture thickens.
• Return chicken to pan.
• Add salt, pepper and tarragon.
• Cover and simmer gently 45 minutes.
• Remove chicken to warm platter.
• Gradually add sour cream to sauce and heat gently.
• Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Serve with rice.

Steps:

• coat chicken with flour, salt& pepper.
• heat oil in skillet, add chicken, saute until brown on both sides, 5-7 minutes, remove to plate.
• add mushrooms and proscuitto to pan, saute 2-3 minutes until mushrooms soften add wine to pan, scrape bottom.
• add cream.
• add chicken back to pan, cook about 10 minutes until sauce thickens.
• stir in tarragon and vinegar, cook 1 minute.
• garnish and serve.

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and black pepper.
• Dust each breast with flour, shaking off any excess.
• Saute chicken in olive oil in a saute pan coated with cooking spray.
• Cook until lightly browned on both sides, 5-7 minutes.
• Remove chicken, set aside, and keep warm.
• Saute mushrooms and prosciutto (or bacon) in the pan until browned.
• Add wine (or broth) and heavy cream.
• Return chicken to pan, reduce heat and simmer until sause thickenslightly, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in tarragon and vinegar; cook 1 minute.
• Garnish with chives.
• Serve chicken over slices of toasted bread.
• Serves 4.

Steps:

• Mix together sour cream and mayonnaise.
• Stir in chicken, celery, tarragon, salt and pepper to taste.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours for tastes to combine.

Steps:

• Melt the butter and heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, and place in the skillet. Brown on both sides. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and continue cooking 15 minutes, or until chicken juices run clear. Set aside and keep warm.
• Stir cream into the pan, scraping up brown bits. Mix in mustard and tarragon. Cook and stir 5 minutes, or until thickened. Return chicken to skillet to coat with sauce. Drizzle chicken with remaining sauce to serve.