Poached Chicken Breasts With Dill Pickle Sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 celery ribs, diced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1 pinch ground allspice
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1/3 cup pickle, diced
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- In shallow saucepan, bring 3 cups water and salt to boil.
- Add carrots, celery, onion and bay leaf; cook for 4 minutes or until tender. Using a slotted spoon, transfer vegetables to bowl; set aside.
- Add chicken to pan; bring to simmer.
- Cover and simmer over medium-low heat, turning once, for about 12 minutes or until no longer pink inside.
- Discard bay leaf.
- With slotted spoon, transfer chicken to serving plate and keep warm.
- In small bowl, mix together sour cream, flour, lemon juice, allspice, cloves and pepper.
- Pour 3/4 cup poaching liquid into small saucepan; whisk in sour cream mixture.
- Bring to simmer; cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until thickened.
- Add pickle and reserved diced vegetables; return to simmer. Stir in all but 2 tsp of the parsley; pour over chicken.
- Sprinkle with remaining parsley.
salt, carrots, celery, onion, bay leaf, chicken breasts, sour cream, flour, lemon juice, ground cloves, ground allspice, pepper, pickle, fresh parsley
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/poached-chicken-breasts-with-dill-pickle-sauce-425814 (may not work)