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Help lacking inspiration - something to do with chicken

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TheChristmasArmadillo · 09/12/2008 19:02

Have chicken breasts for dinner - want some kinda sauce or topping for them but have run out of ideas.

We are having them with either rice or dauphinoise potatoes and then salad or veg (depending on what I do wiht the chicken). Usually I just put some balsamic on them but have run out.

Cannot get to shop but I do have stock, garlic, shallots, some dried herbs and spices, passata, tomato puree, chilli puree, curry paste, cream, proscutio, red and wine white and red and white wine vinegars, oils and prob some other stuff lurking.

Any ideas would be greatfully received

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ChristmasPresence · 09/12/2008 19:13

Cheese & cream sauce with chopped up proscuito?

TheChristmasArmadillo · 09/12/2008 19:14

that would prob work if I had cheese

sounds nice though.

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harpomarx · 09/12/2008 19:15

rofl at 'red and wine white'... you've drunk it all, haven't you

TheChristmasArmadillo · 09/12/2008 19:18

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JacksFirstChristmasMama · 09/12/2008 19:19

Hmmm....
I was going to suggest this, made it the other day: take bones out of chicken breasts, put them in the centre of a baking dish, sprinkle with salt, pepper, heaps of oregano and some cayenne pepper. Thinly slice butternut squash (I did B-nut squash and potatoes), layer around (not over)chicken, sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Drizzle the whole thing with olive oil. Pour some cream around the edges of the butternut squash (not on the chicken). Bake at 425 F for about an hour.

BUT, looking at your ingredient list, how about this:
dice some garlic and shallots. Saute until fragrant in some olive oil or butter. Add chicken (either whole breasts, sliced or diced) and diced proscutto, brown chicken on all sides. Pour over some stock and white wine. Let the stock boil down a bit. Take out the chicken, keep warm in oven. Add tomato puree to stock and prosciuto mix. Add enough cream and maybe a bit more stock to make a nice rose sauce. Add spices (a tiny bit of chili and curry puree to give it some zip, salt if your stock is salt-less, pepper, oregano, basil, thyme... let it simmer. You can also add a splash of balsamic and a bit of brown sugar. Adjust spices to taste. Put the chicken back in. Let simmer a bit longer.
I think that would go with rice or potatoes.

JacksFirstChristmasMama · 09/12/2008 19:21

Oh, forgot the most crucial thing - do not add wine to the sauce until you've poured yourself a glass!!

And for the rose sauce, you can actually add either red or white wine.

TheChristmasArmadillo · 09/12/2008 19:25

that sounds very nice ta. Do you think white wine vinegar would work as have no balsamic?

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JacksFirstChristmasMama · 09/12/2008 21:29

Sorry, was working... you've probably made this already - you don't need to add balsamic or any other vinegar, but if you have balsamic and a bit of brown sugar, it adds a nice flavour to anything with tomatoes.

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