Panfried Chicken with Ancho Chiles and Mushrooms
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 to 4 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1/2 pound Oyster mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
- 1/2 pound white mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 3 to 4 dried Ancho chiles, wiped clean, stemmed and seeded
- 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 large whole boneless chicken breasts with skin, split
- Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in a medium saucepan over moderate heat.
- Saute the onions with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Add the garlic and half of each of the mushrooms.
- Turn up the heat and cook the mushrooms, stirring frequently, until golden.
- Pour in the wine and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated.
- Meanwhile, place the Ancho chiles over a burner and toast all over just until soft and the skin is slightly bubbly.
- Roughly chop half the chiles and add to the pot, reserving the rest.
- Add the chicken stock to the pot and boil about 12 minutes.
- Transfer to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
- (For a smoother sauce, pass through a sieve.)
- Return the sauce to the stove and bring to a boil.
- Stir in the remaining butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, and remove from heat.
- (For a thinner, more rustic sauce you can eliminate this butter.)
- Stir in the lime juice, season with salt and pepper and reserve.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Season the chicken breasts well with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large dry skillet over moderate heat for 5 minutes.
- Pour in the olive oil and place the chicken in the pan, skin side down.
- Fry until the skin starts to brown and crisp, 5 to 10 minutes, and then turn and briefly sear the other side.
- Transfer to a baking dish (set the pan aside) and bake until cooked through, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, finish the sauce by thinly slicing the remaining toasted Ancho peppers.
- Reheat the pan used to brown the chicken and saute the remaining mushrooms over medium-high heat until the edges are brown.
- Then add the sliced Anchos.
- Stir and toss 1 to 2 minutes longer.
- Stir into the reserved sauce.
- Coat the serving plates with the sauce.
- Top each with a browned chicken breast and serve.
butter, onion, salt, garlic, mushrooms, white mushrooms, white wine, chiles, chicken stock, lime, olive oil, chicken breasts
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/panfried-chicken-with-ancho-chiles-and-mushrooms-recipe.html (may not work)