Chicken Paillards With Avocado And Pomegranate Salsa Food

MARTHA'S CHICKEN PAILLARDS

Steps:

• Using a sharp knife, make a straight vertical cut down the center of the chicken breast half, but do not slice all the way through. Holding your knife at an angle, start to open up one side of the breast half so it will be able to lay flat. Gently pull the widening flap open as you cut, making short scraping cuts to free the flap of meat at the narrow end. Turn the breast half around and repeat to open up the other side. Spread both sides of the breast open and make short shallow cuts, then pound to equal thickness with the flat side of a meat mallet or small heavy pan. Repeat with other chicken breast half.
• Season chicken paillards on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil and butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until butter foams. Add paillards and saute on one side until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Flip and saute paillards until cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer to serving plates.

SALMON WITH POMEGRANATE-AVOCADO SALSA

Steps:

• In small bowl combine coriander, salt, sugar.
• Up to 24 hours before serving, combine pomegranate seeds, onion, lime, jalapeno, garlic.
• Up to 4 hours before serving, gently fold in avocado. If holding more than 30 minutes, cover surface of the salsa with plastic wrap and refrigerate (prevents discolouration of avocado).
• Rub coriander mixture onto tops of salmon, I only used 2/3 of the rub.
• Arrange on baking sheet skin side down. Bake in preheated 500F oven for approximately 11 minutes for medium-rare. Cook time is personal preference.
• While salmon is cooling, arrange 1/4 of lettuce on each plate.
• Off to the side but still touching lettuce, place 1/4 of the salsa.
• Slide a knife under each piece of salmon and remove skin.
• Now plate the salmon in an eye-pleasing manner.
• Ring the dinner bell, listen to the ohs and ahs as your guests admire the beauty and savour the dish you created.