Chicken Breasts with Green Garlic
Green garlic is immature garlic with a mild flavor. I cut the chicken into smaller pieces rather than serving a whole breast – just because I think it looks nicer.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Chicken
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 chicken breasts, (12oz, 360gr) total weight, cut in half
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 4 green garlic, minced
- 2 tbs chopped fresh tarragon
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) chicken broth
- 1/4 cup (2oz, 60ml) white wine
- 1 tbs cornstarch (maizena) dissolved in 2 tbs chicken stock
Instructions
- Sauté shallots in oil in medium skillet over medium heat until tender.
- Add chicken and brown lightly, about 5 minutes per side.
- Add green garlic to skillet when you turn the chicken
- When chicken is browned add stock, white wine, and tarragon.
- Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes.
- Uncover and increase heat under skillet.
- Add cornstarch and stir until sauce is thickened.
- Spoon chicken and sauce onto a small platter and serve.
Notes
Substitute green onions, sliced, and a clove of garlic, minced, for the green garlic. It’s a short season….
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 recipe
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 1.5 g
- Sodium: 328.7 mg
- Fat: 12.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8.4 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 45.9 g
- Cholesterol: 146 mg
