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Savory, nut-crusted chicken with a rich savory butter sauce makes a fantastic dish. Pairs well with mashed potatoes, roasted smashed garlic potatoes, or blanched green beans. Do all the prep work ahead of time and make the sauce while the chicken is baking.
There are a few components to this dish, and the flavors really come through with the marination. We love this dish served with coconut rice.
This is a decadent warm meal with plenty of opportunity for leftovers. It can be served with a variety of sides, such as an herbed rice, mashed potatoes, pasta, etc. Be careful to not break the sauce with the final addition of butter.
The longer these bowls marinate, the better they get: leftovers are fantastic. Sriracha adds a wonderful flavor if you’d like some heat, maybe 1-2 tsp for the entire dish.
These delicious meatballs are browned before cooking through in the sauce. This deepens the flavor. Serve over a creamy orzo, spaghetti, or any pasta you like, you might just need more sauce. These can also be frozen in the sauce for a couple months, just […]
Green beans are a new favorite pot pie ingredient, plus the pairing with tarragon brings a lovely freshness to an otherwise hearty dish. The chicken is optional, and is quite delicious without. Also, a note on the puff pastry: any part of it that touches […]
This dish presents a wonderful combination of flavors: sweet, salt, fat, and acid. It has a warmer flavor profile with the lovely brightness of apple. The onions sautéed in olive oil with the reduced brandy is a favorite. At first, when reducing, the broth will […]
Citrus is a lovely component of a chicken dish. The acids plus salt bring this whole mixture together, with some strong flavors that tend to fight for attention. This is an easy one to double and yield 4 chicken breasts, which is what we did […]