Meal: Chicken Breasts with Cherries or Peaches
Servings: 2
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
2 cup fresh cherries, pitted (or 2 cup fresh peaches, peeled and sliced)
6 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sugar
2 chicken breasts
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp paprika
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup chicken stock
4 tbsp butter
1 cup finely chopped onion
Directions
1. Mix together cherries, lemon juice, and sugar; set aside.
2. Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt, pepper, and paprika.
4. Brown chicken breasts about 2-3 minutes each side, or until lightly browned.
5. Add stock, cover, and simmer 8-10 minutes or until chicken breasts are tender.
6. Remove chicken breasts and liquid and reserve.
7. In the same pan, over medium heat, melt 2 tbsp butter and saute onion until golden brown.
8. Remove onion to bowl; drain liquid from cherries into onion and reserve.
9. Over medium heat, mlet the remaining 2 tbsp butter in the same pan.
10. Add the cherries; saute until tender.
11. Return onion mixture and liquid from chicken to pan.
12. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
13. Return chicken to pan; simmer for 2 minutes or until chicken is heated through.