Chicken Breasts With Rhubarb And Scallions
- 1 3/4 cups chicken broth, homemade or low-sodium canned
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 whole large (about 15 ounces each) skinless boneless chicken breasts, split
- 7 medium scallions, trimmed, white and light green parts cut across into 1-inch lengths, green parts cut across into 1/4-inch strips
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 4 medium stalks rhubarb, cut across into 1/4-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 4 to 6 cups medium egg noodles, cooked in lightly salted boiling water until tender
- In a small saucepan, bring 3/4 cup broth to a boil.
- Stir in the raisins and remove from heat.
- Allow raisins to sit in liquid while preparing the rest of the recipe.
- In a 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
- Add chicken and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add white and light green pieces of scallions, placing them toward the center of the pan.
- Turn chicken and cook for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the raisins, their soaking liquid and remaining chicken broth.
- Bring to a boil.
- Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Turn chicken and simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Turn chicken again and stir in cream, rhubarb and salt.
- Turn heat to low.
- In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup water.
- Bring the cooking liquid in the pan back to a boil, then stir about 1 cup of it into the cornstarch mixture.
- Stir this back into the pan with the chicken.
- Return to a simmer and cook until the starch flavor is cooked out and the sauce thickens slightly, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in the rest of the scallions.
- Serve over medium egg noodles.
chicken broth, golden raisins, unsalted butter, chicken breasts, scallions, heavy cream, stalks rhubarb, kosher salt, cornstarch, egg noodles
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4884 (may not work)