Corn-and-Chicken Patties With Basil Sauce
- 8 ounces whole onion or 7 ounces chopped ready-cut onion (1 2/3 cups)
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 2 ears corn or 1 heaping cup corn kernels
- 8 ounces skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 13 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon hot-sweet mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- Black pepper to taste
- 6 tablespoons nonfat yogurt
- 2 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream
- 8 to 10 large leaves basil (to yield 2 tablespoons chopped)
- Chop onion, if whole.
- Heat large nonstick pan over very high heat.
- Add oil, and reduce heat to medium high.
- Saute onion until it begins to brown.
- Do not wash out pan.
- Scrape off kernels.
- Put corn and chicken into food processor; grind.
- Add bread crumbs, mustard, cumin and pepper to food processor.
- Mix well.
- Stir onion into the mixture.
- Shape 6 or 7 patties.
- Brown on both sides in the pan used for the onion, cooking for about 10 minutes.
- Mix yogurt and sour cream.
- Wash, dry and chop basil, and stir into the sour cream and yogurt.
- Serve with the patties.
onion, canola oil, corn, skinless, bread crumbs, hotsweet mustard, ground cumin, black pepper, nonfat yogurt, sour cream, basil
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4346 (may not work)