Herb Chicken in Lemon Butter sauce

If home-made continental food is your thing & you enjoy the flavor that is as subtle as it could be to the palette. Here's an interesting recipe for you,

Ingredients:

 1Kg - Chicken breast

 6Tbsp - Extra virgin olive oil

 3-4 - Green chilly

15 - Garlic cloves

1 - Onion

200ml - Chicken stock

3tbsp - Butter

1 small - Lemon

1/2tsp - Parsley

1/2tsp - Chilly flakes

1/2tsp - Thyme

1/2tsp - Rosemary

1/2tsp - Oregano

Salt & Pepper to taste

Marinade:

Mix 3 tbsp of olive oil with salt & pepper. Rub down the chicken with the mixture. Leave it to set in the fridge for 1/2 hr.

Chicken Stock:

Get a chicken stock cube available at any super market. Add the cube in 200ml of hot water.

Procedure:

Put 3tbsp olive oil in the low heated flat-bottomed pan. This is to make sure that all the chicken pieces cook evenly. Put in the finely chopped garlic, onion and chilly. Let them saute a little. Make sure they do not turn brown. Immediately, put in the chicken and sear them on both sides. Pour in the chicken stock, lime juice & add butter and let the meat cook on low heat till a boil. This makes the chicken absorb the flavor of stock, lime & butter. Then add the herbs (parsley, thyme, rosemary, oregano & chilly flakes). Let the dish get the aroma of the herbs. Taste for salt & pepper. Cover with lid and allow the chicken stock to reduce to a thick liquid at the bottom. By this time, the chicken should be all cooked & tender. Leave the lid on and let the dish rest for about 5-10 min before serving. 

TIP: All along the cooking time, keep flipping the chicken & basting it with the liquid. This keeps the chicken moist and avoids burning.

Plating:

Plate the chicken piece and drizzle the reduction over it. 

It can be accompanied with garlic bread or butter rice, recipes of which will be up soon.