Creamy herbed
chicken
- Serves: 4
- Time to actively work on it: 20min
Ingredients
For the chicken:
- 4 chicken breasts pounded
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp parsley chopped
- 1/2 tsp thyme chopped
- 1/2 tsp rosemary chopped
For the sauce:
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp parsley chopped
- 1/2 tsp thyme chopped
- 1/2 tsp rosemary chopped
- 250 milli liter cream
- 150 milli liter milk
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Cook pasta.
- Coat chicken breasts with the garlic powder and herbs.
Season generously with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil or butter in a frying pan over medium-high
heat.
- Cook chicken breasts until opaque and no longer pink
inside.
- Transfer to a plate; set aside.
- Saute garlic, with parsley, thyme and rosemary, for about
1 minute, or until fragrant in the same pan.
- Stir in milk (or cream); season with salt and pepper, to
taste and bring to boil.
- Add the cornstarch mixture to the centre of the pan,
quickly stirring, until sauce has thickened slightly.
- Reduce heat and simmer gently for a further minute to
allow the sauce to thicken more.
- Return chicken to the skillet.
Replace thyme and rosemary with basil and oregano or
tarragon as a variation.