Chicken Cutlets Saltimbocca With Prosciutto And Sage Recipes

SAGE & PROSCIUTTO CHICKEN SALTIMBOCCA

Steps:

• Place 1/2 cup flour in a shallow bowl; set aside. Flatten chicken breasts to 1/4-in. thickness. Sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper; top each breast half with 2 sage leaves and 2 slices prosciutto, pressing to adhere. Dip chicken sides only in flour to coat., In a large skillet, heat oil and butter over medium heat; cook chicken for 3-4 minutes on each side or until lightly browned and chicken is no longer pink. Remove and keep warm., In a small bowl, whisk the chicken broth, lemon juice, wine and remaining flour; add to the skillet, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Spoon over chicken. Top chicken with lemon and sage if desired.

CHICKEN WITH PROSCIUTTO AND SAGE

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, stir together flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Set aside.
• Lay 1 sage leaf lengthwise on each cutlet, then wrap a prosciutto slice around middle of each cutlet, encasing sage. Flatten with the palm of your hand to help prosciutto adhere to the chicken. Dredge cutlets in seasoned flour; tap off excess.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat. Cook 2 cutlets until golden brown and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Remove cutlets, and keep warm. Repeat with remaining 2 teaspoons oil and 2 cutlets.
• Add wine and broth to skillet; cook over high heat until reduced by three-quarters, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool 1 minute. Add butter and minced sage; stir until butter is melted, about 30 seconds. Spoon sauce onto plates; top with cutlets. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN WITH PROSCIUTTO AND SAGE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken thighs, skin side down, and sear until skin is nicely browned, about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove chicken to a platter, skin side up. Reduce heat to low, add fennel and onion to sauté pan, season with salt and pepper, stir in ground sage and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add potatoes, stir, add stock, bring to a simmer, cover and cook until potatoes are just about tender when pierced with a paring knife, 15 minutes.
• While potatoes are cooking, tuck a sage leaf under the skin of each thigh. Turn thighs over and season the flesh side of each with salt and pepper, and place 2 sage leaves on each. Roll each thigh into a bundle, skin side out, and wrap in prosciutto, using 2 overlapping slices for each to fully enclose the chicken. Tuck wrapped chicken, seam side down, in among the potatoes in the sauté pan. Add the peas. Cover and cook for 20 minutes, basting chicken with pan juices halfway through.
• Remove chicken to a warm platter and surround with potatoes. Stir vinegar into the pan sauce, add salt and pepper if needed, and pour, including the peas, over and around the chicken and potatoes. Garnish platter with sage and serve.

CHICKEN SALTIMBOCCA

Steps:

• Between pieces 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 1/4 inch thick. In shallow dish, mix flour, Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning and salt. Coat chicken with flour mixture; shake off excess flour.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook about 8 minutes, turning once, until browned on outside and no longer pink in center. Top each chicken breast with 1 slice prosciutto and 1 slice mozzarella cheese. Cover skillet tightly; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle sage over chicken. Remove chicken from skillet to serving platter; cover loosely with tent of foil, being careful not to let foil touch cheese.
• Increase heat to high. Add broth to skillet. Heat to boiling, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of skillet. Boil about 3 minutes or until broth is reduced to about 1/4 cup. Remove from heat; beat in butter. Spoon over chicken.

CHICKEN SALTIMBOCCA WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Fried Sage: In a small saucepan, heat oil over medium‐high. Add sage leaves and fry until crisp, 10 to 15 seconds. Drain on paper towels and season with salt; set aside.
• Chicken Saltimbocca: Butterfly and pound chicken breasts 1/4 inch thick. Lightly season with salt and pepper; top each with 2 fresh sage leaves. Wrap each with a prosciutto slice. Dredge both sides of wrapped breast in flour, shaking off excess.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium‐high. Add 2 chicken breasts and cook until golden brown and cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes per side. (If pan drippings are becoming too dark, wipe out pan.) Transfer to a plate and tent with foil. Repeat with remaining 1 tablespoon oil and chicken.
• Remove skillet from heat; slowly add wine and broth. Return to high heat and cook, scraping up browned bits with a wooden spoon, until reduced to 1/4 cup, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from heat; swirl in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until melted. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce onto plates; top with chicken and scatter with fried sage.

CHICKEN SALTIMBOCCA ALLA ROMANA

Steps:

• Place chicken cutlet on a cutting board and cover with a sheet of plastic wrap. Gently evenly pound the cutlet to 1/4 of an inch thick.
• Season both sides of the cutlets with salt and pepper.
• Place 2 sage leaves on each cutlet and top with prosciutto.
• Cover the cutlets with a sheet of plastic wrap and use the meat mallet to lightly pound each cutlet to adhere the sage and prosciutto to the chicken.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat.
• Add butter and oil and heat through.
• Place the chicken cutlets in the pan prosciutto-side down and cook until crisp, about 2 minutes.
• Turn the cutlets over and cook until done, about 1 minute more.
• Transfer the cutlets to a platter and tent with aluminum foil.
• Return the pan back to the heat and add the wine, scraping up any browned bits for them bottom.
• Cook until the wine has reduced by half. Add the cutlets back to the pan to warm through and coat well with the sauce, serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

CHICKEN SALTIMBOCCA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200*F with oven rack in middle position.
• Combine flour and 1 teaspoon pepper in shallow dish.
• Dry cutlets with paper towels. Dredge chicken in flour, shaking off any excess.
• Lay cutlets flat and sprinkle evenly with minced sage.
• Place 1 prosciutto slice on top of each cutlet, pressing lightly to adhere; set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.
• Add whole sage leaves and cook until leaves begin to change color and are fragrant, about 15 to 20 seconds. Use a slotted spoon to remove sage to paper towel-lined plate.
• Add half of cutlets to pan, prosciutto-side down, and cook until light golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Flip and cook on other side until light golden brown, about 2 minutes more.
• Transfer to wire rack set on rimmed baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
• Repeat with remaining 2 tablespoons oil and cutlets, then transfer to oven to keep warm while preparing sauce.
• Pour off excess oil from skillet. Deglaze pan with wine, scraping up any browned bits, and simmer until reduced to about 1/3 cup, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add lemon juice.
• Turn heat to low and whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time.
• Remove sauce from heat and stir in parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
• Remove chicken from oven and place on platter. Spoon sauce over cutlets before serving & place one sage leaf on each cutlet.