GREAT GRAPE CHICKEN

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

3    Chicken breasts, halved,            1    Green onion,
-boned, skinned (6 halves,               -thinly sliced (use
-about 3 lb in all)                      -part of the top)
2 T  Butter (or margarine)               1 C  Grapes, seedless
1 T  Orange marmalade (I suggest              -(try red grapes,
-fresh coarsely-grated                   -such as 'Flame')
-orange peel)                     1/4 C  Cream, whipping
1/4 t  Tarragon, crumbled                       Salt
1/3 C  White wine, dry                          Nutmeg

Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt and nutmeg. Brown lightly in heated
butter in a large frying pan. Add marmalade, tarragon, green onion and
wine. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.

Add grapes, cover again and continue cooking about 10 minutes longer, until
chicken is cooked through (test with a small, sharp knife in thickest
part).

Using a slotted spoon, remove chicken and grapes to a warm serving dish;
keep warm. Add cream to liquid in pan. Bring to boiling, stirring, and cook
until reduced and slightly thickened. Salt to taste. Pour sauce over
chicken.

NOTES:

* Chicken in wine with grapes and orange — This recipe was originally
posted by Wayne Thompson. I thought it was great, and I submit it here with
some variations. This colors in this dish are a feast for the eyes. The
recipe comes originally from ‘Elegant Meals with Inexpensive Meats,’ by
Ortho Books. Servings: Serves 4 to 6.

* (WT) I use a whole cut up chicken.

* (CSR) I like to cook the chicken in a black cast-iron pan; I skip the
cream sauce, because it smothers the beautiful black-green-red-orange-tan
colors.

: Difficulty: easy.
: Time: 30 minutes.
: Precision: approximate measurement OK.
:
: Wayne Thompson, Tolerant Systems, San Jose CA (waynet@tolerant)
: Conor Rafferty, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA (conor@fuji)

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