Chicken Medallions With Sweet Sherry Mushroom Sauce Food

CONTEST-WINNING CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix cornstarch and milk until smooth. Pound chicken with a meat mallet to 1/4-in. thickness., In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat; cook chicken until no longer pink, 5-6 minutes per side. Remove from pan., In same pan, heat butter over medium-high heat; saute mushrooms and onion until tender. Stir in sherry, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Stir cornstarch mixture and add to pan. Return to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Return chicken to pan; heat through.

CHICKEN IN SHERRY MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Place chicken broth in a small saucepan, bring to a boil over high heat, and cook 5 minutes or until reduced to 1 cup; set aside.
• Combine flour, salt and pepper, sprinkle over chicken.
• Coat a large frypan with cooking spray and place over medium high heat until hot.
• Add chicken, cook 5 minutes on each side or until browned.
• Remove chicken from frypan, and set aside.
• Wipe drippings from frypan with a paper towel.
• Add margarine, mushrooms and shallots to frypan, cook over medium high heat until mushrooms are lightly browned, stirring constantly.
• Add sherry, and bring to a boil, add broth and cook 7 minutes or until sauce is reduced to 1 1/4 cups.
• Return chicken to frypan, reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Remove chicken to a serving platter and keep warm.
• Cook sauce over high heat about 5 minutes or until reduced to 1 cup, stir in parsley.
• Serve sherry mushroom sauce with chicken breasts.

CHICKEN MEDALLIONS WITH SWEET SHERRY & MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and pepper, and dust with flour. Shake off any excess.
• Heat the half butter in a large skillet on medium-high until it stops bubbling.
• Add the chicken and cook for about 1 minute on each side until light golden.
• Transfer the chicken to a plate and keep warm.
• Without cleaning the pan (unless you prefer to do so, but not cleaning will add extra flavor to sauce) add the remaining butter, and heat on medium-high until it stops bubbling.
• Add the mushrooms, onion, and garlic. Sauté until the water released from the mushrooms evaporates.
• Remove pan from fire.
• Add half of the sherry, return to fire and boil for 1 minute.
• Add the gravy, and bring to a simmer.
• Return the chicken to the skillet along with the remaining sherry and the chives.
• Cook for about 3 minutes to heat through and serve.

EASY CHICKEN WITH SHERRY MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Melt butter in a glass baking dish.
• Season flour with salt and pepper.
• Wash chicken pieces and pat dry with paper towel.
• Dredge chicken pieces through flour to coat and place skin side down in the pan with the melted butter.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, Whisk together soup and sherry until smooth; set aside.
• At the end of the half hour, turn chicken pieces over and pour in the sherry mushroom sauce.
• Bake an additional 30 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Can be served with noodles if you like.
• Note: for a lower calorie meal, I have used boneless skinless chicken breasts which I marinated in the sherry mushroom mixture overnight. Then I baked the chicken and sauce in a glass pan in a 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes. Do not overbake.

PORK TENDERLOIN MEDALLIONS IN A SHERRY MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 10 " skillet.
• Add oil.
• Season medallions on one side. Place in pan season side down. Season other side . Brown until golden and turn. When both sides are nice and golden, remove from pan and set aside.
• Add more oil if needed and onion, mushrooms, and garlic. Saute until onion is soft and mushrooms are lightly browned.
• Add sherry, dried thyme and salt and pepper. Cook til sherry is almost evaporated, 2 minutes.
• Add stock (with cornstarch mixed in), mustard and cream. Bring to a boil.
• Add meat back to pan, along with herbs.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 -20 minutes.

CHICKEN BREAST WITH SWEET-AND-SOUR SHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat for a minute or two. Add the tablespoon of olive oil, then mushrooms and shallots, and turn heat to high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms brown on edges, about 5 minutes.
• Add honey, and stir until it evaporates, less than a minute. Add vinegar, and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is dry, about 2 minutes. Add sherry, and cook, stirring once or twice, until mixture is syrupy and nearly dry, about 5 minutes. Add stock, and cook, stirring once or twice, until mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low; keep warm.
• After adding stock to sauce, sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and grill, broil or saute.
• When chicken is done, season sauce with salt and pepper and strain if you like; stir in remaining olive oil. Serve chicken with sauce spooned over it.

CHICKEN MEDALLIONS IN WHITE WINE REDUCTION

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• Combine the salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a zip closure bag.
• Very lightly oil the chicken with olive oil.
• Sprinkle the mixture liberally over all sides of the chicken and press into the meat.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a heavy ovenproof skillet or roasting pan over medium high heat.
• Sear the chicken for a minute or so on all sides, sprinkle with Tarragon.
• Add ¼ cup of chicken broth to the skillet (to prevent smoking in the oven and keep meat moist).
• Transfer skillet to preheated oven and roast chicken for about 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove skillet from oven; transfer chicken to a cutting board, cover with aluminum foil and allow meat to rest. You can prepare up to this point and hold the meat under the foil for 35- 45 minutes if needed.
• Do not wash skillet or discard the roasting juices and bits. With skillet still hot, add the chopped onion and cook for a minute or so. Add ½ cup chicken broth to the skillet, scraping all the caramelized juices and bits with a spoon.
• Add the wine and bring to a boil to reduce the volume of the sauce by about half.
• If holding the final preparation, stop at this point, cover skillet, and turn heat off.
• Just before serving, slice the chicken into ¾" to 1" medallions.
• Return skillet to medium high heat, add about 2 tablespoons unsalted butter to the sauce and allow it to melt, taste and if needed adjust with a pinch or salt or pepper.
• Return the medallions to the hot pan and gently warm them in the sauce until completely cooked.
• Remove the medallions to warmed platter or serving plate, pour sauce over them, and serve.