Chicken Lucia Recipes

ST. LUCIA BARBECUED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In saucepan, combine all ingredients except chicken. Bring to boil and cook for 15 minutes, uncovered. Sauce should be thick. Cool.
• Pat chicken pieces dry and coat with sauce. Place meaty side up in baking dish and bake in preheated 350°F oven for 30 minutes.
• If you want to barbecue chicken, remove chicken from baking dish, transfer sauce to saucepan and boil until thick. Barbecue chicken for 5 to 10 minutes per side, brushing with reduced sauce. If you aren't barbecuing, simply bake chicken for 10 to 20 minutes longer in sauce, or until thoroughly cooked.
• Bonnie Stern Simply HeartSmart Cooking.

CHICKEN BREASTS LUCIANA

Steps:

• Flatten chicken breasts slightly and season on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Coat the chicken lightly with flour.
• Heat the clarified butter in a large skillet: all the chicken (in 2 batches) and saute for 3-4 minutes per side.
• Stir in 1/2 cup of water and the cognac; season with salt and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil and cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile cook the white rice and the wild rice separately in boiling salted water. Drain the rices; place them in 1 bowl and toss with butter. Cover and keep warm.
• Remove the chicken from the skillet. Deglaze the pan with cream and stir in the rosemary. Bring the liquid to a boil; add the chicken and simmer until hot.
• Serve the chicken with the rice on warmed plated; cover with the sauce.

MAMA LUCIA'S CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place flour in plastic bag. Add chicken pieces and toss to coat completely.
• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces to skillet and sauté until brown, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to plate. Pour fat from skillet. Add remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil to skillet. Add halved mushrooms, diced green bell peppers, chopped onion, chopped garlic and oregano and sauté until onion is tender, about 10 minutes. Mix in marinara sauce, chicken broth, Marsala and capers. Return chicken pieces to skillet, spooning sauce over. Bring sauce to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover skillet and simmer until chicken is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Using tongs, transfer chicken to large platter. Boil sauce until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes; spoon off fat. Spoon sauce over chicken. Serve, passing Parmesan separately, if desired.