Fresh Rhubarb Breast Of Chicken Recipes

SKILLET CHICKEN WITH RHUBARB

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and season with 1 tablespoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Place in a bowl with the thyme sprigs and cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove thyme from bowl with chicken, reserving thyme. Add chicken pieces to skillet and sear, turning occasionally, until golden brown all over, about 10 minutes. Transfer pieces to a platter.
• Reduce heat to medium. Stir in onion (white and light green parts) and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and reserved thyme; cook 1 minute more. Stir in wine and bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits in the bottom of pan. Add rhubarb, honey, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper.
• Return chicken pieces to pot in a single layer. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes for breasts and 20 to 25 minutes for legs and thighs, transferring chicken pieces to a platter as they finish cooking.
• Whisk butter into rhubarb sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Spoon sauce over chicken and garnish with sliced onion greens.

FRESH RHUBARB BREAST OF CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread the carrots and green onions over the bottom of a small roasting pan.
• Place the chicken breasts on top of the vegetables and sprinkle with the no-salt seasoning.
• Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the maple syrup over the top; cover and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove the chicken to a warm plate while you complete the sauce (or keep in a warm oven).
• To the roasting pan, add the chicken stock, the remaining 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, cinnamon, and rhubarb.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cook gently till rhubarb is tender.
• Stir in the cornstarch and continue to boil gently untill thickened.
• Spoon sauce over the chicken and serve immediately.

CHICKEN THIGHS IN RHUBARB SAUCE

Steps:

• Season chicken pieces with salt.
• Heat olive oil in a deep skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken until browned on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.
• Add onions to the skillet; cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Season with turmeric, black pepper, and red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute. Add tomatoes and cook until lightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Add rhubarb, honey, lime juice, and saffron; mix well. Return chicken to the skillet.
• Pour in chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, until chicken is very tender, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Season with salt.

HOT AND SOUR RHUBARB WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C.
• Put the chicken pieces in a casserole dish.
• Mix all the marinade ingredients (rhubarb through to ginger) in a bowl, then pour over the chicken. Mix together.
• Place in the oven and bake for around 45 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Check it a couple of times whilst cooking as you may need to give it a stir to stop it sticking.
• Just before the chicken is cooked, boil some water in a saucepan and cook the noodles.
• Drain the noodles, serve and ladle the chicken and sauce over. Add a generous amount of fresh coriander to the top and half a lime on the side.

RHUBARB AND HONEY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Combine flour and poultry seasoning. In another bowl, whisk egg and milk. Dip chicken, 1 piece at a time, into flour mixture, then into egg mixture; coat again with flour mixture. , In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown chicken on both sides. Place in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., For sauce, combine cornstarch and 1-1/2 cups cold water in a large saucepan until smooth; stir in brown sugar, honey and soy sauce. Pulse rhubarb, onion, garlic and remaining water in a food processor until blended. Stir into cornstarch mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, 2-3 minutes. Pour over chicken., Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer inserted into a thigh reads 170°, 35-40 minutes.

PAN ROASTED CHICKEN WITH RHUBARB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Season chicken with salt and pepper and dust with flour, tapping off excess. Heat a large oven proof skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium-high heat. Swirl in 2 tablespoons oil. Place chicken in skillet, skinned side down and cook until browned and easily releases from pan, about 4 minutes; flip and brown second side, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil, onion, garlic, and ginger to pan. Season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are translucent, about 3 minutes. Add cumin, turmeric, and sugar and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Stir in broth and rhubarb and bring to a boil on top of stove.
• Nestle chicken back into pan. Transfer to oven and roast until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. If rhubarb is still underdone, remove chicken to a plate, tent with foil and return pan to oven until rhubarb is just tender, 3 to 4 minutes. (Be careful, it's easy to overcook rhubarb and you don't want it to completely fall apart.) Stir in cilantro, then return chicken to pan, turning to coat in sauce. Serve chicken and sauce over rice or with flatbread, sprinkled with more cilantro.

RHUBARB CURRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place rhubarb and orange in a blender; blend until pureed and transfer to a saucepan. Add sugar and orange zest.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until marmalade is thickened, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. Allow marmalade to cool; ladle into jars. Cover jars with lids and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Arrange chicken breast halves in a baking dish.
• Mix 1 cup marmalade, water, curry powder, and salt in a bowl; spoon mixture over chicken breasts.
• Bake in preheated oven until chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, basting occasionally, about 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Serve rhubarb sauce over chicken breasts.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH RHUBARB AND SCALLIONS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 3/4 cup broth to a boil. Stir in the raisins and remove from heat. Allow raisins to sit in liquid while preparing the rest of the recipe.
• In a 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add chicken and cook for 2 minutes. Add white and light green pieces of scallions, placing them toward the center of the pan. Turn chicken and cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the raisins, their soaking liquid and remaining chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn chicken and simmer for 5 more minutes. Turn chicken again and stir in cream, rhubarb and salt. Turn heat to low.
• In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup water. Bring the cooking liquid in the pan back to a boil, then stir about 1 cup of it into the cornstarch mixture. Stir this back into the pan with the chicken. Return to a simmer and cook until the starch flavor is cooked out and the sauce thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Stir in the rest of the scallions. Serve over medium egg noodles.

LEMON-RHUBARB CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons chopped shallots and 2 cups rhubarb; sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and 1 teaspoon lemon peel. Season with salt and pepper. Cool rhubarb stuffing.
• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over low heat. Add 21/2 cups rhubarb, 1/4 cup shallots, and ginger; sauté until soft, about 10 minutes. Increase heat to high. Add sugar and brandy; boil 1 minute. Add broth, star anise, and bay leaf. Simmer over low heat until mixture is reduced to 2 cups, about 1 hour. Strain sauce, discarding solids in strainer. Stir 1/3 cup rhubarb stuffing into sauce. DO AHEAD Stuffing and sauce can be made 2 days ahead. Cover each separately and chill. Rewarm sauce before using.
• Preheat oven to 425°F. Using fingertips, separate skin from flesh of chicken breasts, forming pocket. Place about 2 tablespoons rhubarb stuffing in pocket. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in 2 batches, add chicken breasts, skin side down, to skillet; cook until brown, about 7 minutes. Transfer chicken, skin side down, to roasting pan.
• Roast chicken 10 minutes; baste with pan juices. Roast until cooked through, about 10 minutes longer. Transfer chicken to platter, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon lemon peel, and serve, passing sauce alongside.