Chicken Breasts With Champagne Sauce Recipes

CHAMPAGNE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Lightly dust chicken breasts with flour and a little salt and pepper.
• In a large skillet, lightly brown chicken breasts to a nice golden brown in olive oil. Once browned on both sides, add mushrooms and champagne. Cook over medium heat, champagne should boil a little, for approximately 1/2 hour. When chicken is tender, transfer chicken to a platter.
• Pour cream into skillet. Simmer about 5 minutes, until slightly thickened. Pour sauce over chicken breasts. Serve.

CHICKEN BREASTS IN CHAMPAGNE SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix 1/4 cup flour, 1 teaspoons salt, 1/2 tsp pepper; roll chicken in it.
• Heat 1/2 cup butter in large skillet. Lightly brown chicken breasts.
• Add sliced mushrooms. Cover and cook 10 minutes. Transfer chicken and mushrooms to a bowl/plate then clean pan of all butter.
• Return chicken and mushrooms to pan and add cream and simmer over low heat 10 minutes.
• Transfer breasts to warm serving dish.
• SAUCE: Add to liquid in skillet- 1/4 cup champagne. Bring to rapid boil and cook until sauce is reduced to a creamy consistency.
• If you want sauce to thicken, add 1-2 tablespooons cornstarch that has been mixed with a little of the sauce.
• Serve on heated plates.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CHAMPAGNE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat butter in a medium skillet. Add chicken, and brown on both sides, about 6--10 minutes per side. Remove chicken to a 1-quart baking dish, reserving drippings in skillet.
• Add mushrooms to skillet, and sauté; remove mushrooms, and set aside.
• Stir champagne into drippings in skillet; simmer until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally. Pour over chicken; cover and bake at 350°F for 20 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Remove chicken to platter, reserving liquid. Add sour cream, salt, and pepper to reserved liquid; whisk until smooth. Pour over chicken, top with mushrooms, and serve.

FIG, MUSTARD, AND CHAMPAGNE-GLAZED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Heat oil over high heat in a large oven-safe saute pan. Place chicken into the hot oil and cook until browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Mix fig butter, Dijon mustard, and vinaigrette together in a small bowl. Flip chicken using tongs and coat top with fig mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the centers, about 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Remove from the oven and cover chicken with aluminum foil; let sit for 10 minutes before serving.

SHRIMP-FILLED CHICKEN BREASTS IN CHAMPAGNE SAUCE

Steps:

• Between sheets of plastic wrap or waxed paper, place each chicken breast smooth side down; gently pound with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about 1/4 inch thick.
• Spread 1 side of each chicken breast with 1/2 teaspoon mustard; sprinkle each with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Top each chicken breast with 3 shrimp. Starting at a short side, roll up chicken; secure with toothpick.
• In 8- to 10-inch nonstick skillet, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 to 8 minutes, turning frequently to brown all sides.
• Stir in shallots and Champagne. Cover; cook 3 to 5 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (165°F). Remove chicken from skillet to plate; cover and keep warm.
• Stir cream and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt into Champagne mixture. Heat to boiling. Continue to cook about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens and is reduced by half. Remove from heat. Stir in chopped summer savory.
• Serve sauce with chicken. Garnish with sprigs of summer savory.