Chicken Breasts with Green Coriander (Cilantro)
Recipe
- Title:
- Chicken Breasts with Green Coriander (Cilantro)
- Categories:
- Poultry
- Yield:
- 2 servings
Ingredients
- 2
- Boneless chicken breasts
- 2 tb Best quality olive oil
- 1 bn Baby carrots
- 1 ts Lemon juice
- 1 bn Coriander (cilantro)
Directions
- Skin the chicken breasts and dust them with a little salt and pepper.
- Lay each one on a square of baking parchment, flatten it lightly with the palm of your hand and lay a sprig of coriander on top.
- Fold the sides of the paper over the meat, excluding as much air as possible, and roll up to make a neat flat parcel.
- Then overwrap carefully with foil to make a waterproof package.
- Trim and scrub the carrots.
- Measure the olive oil into a small saucepan and add a seasoning of salt and pepper.
- Coarsely chop a tablespoon or two of coriander leaves (a little less for beginners, a little more for addicts) and reserve separately.
- All these preparations can be done well ahead.
Directions
- About 20 minutes before you plan to serve the dish, start cooking.
- Steam the baby carrots.
- Drop the chicken parcels, seam side up, into a large pan of boiling water and cook for 13 to 18 minutes depending on the size of the breasts.
- Barely a bubble should disturb the surface of the liquid while the chicken cooks.
- Transfer the parcels, still wrapped up, to a low oven for 5 minutes to let the meat set.
Directions
- Blot the carrots dry and arrange them on a warmed serving dish.
- Warm the olive oil.
- Unwrap the chicken and add just 1 to 2 tablespoons of the juices to the pan of warming olive oil.
- Quickly carve the breasts into thin slices and arrange the meat beside the carrots.
- Add the lemon juice to the hot olive oil and immediately pour the sizzling mixture over the chicken and carrots.
- Scatter with chopped coriander and serve straightway with hot crusty bread to mop up the juices.
Directions
- Source: Philippa Davenport in "Country Living" (British), May 1988.
- Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
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