Braised chicken with mushroom and lemon sauce
This simple casserole shows how just a few flavours can become a feast. Try serving with steamed new potatoes and runner beans or fresh peas.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 4 skinned, boned chicken breasts, about 125 g (4½ oz) each
- Salt and black pepper
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 150 g (5½ oz) mushrooms, quartered
- 125 ml (4 fl oz) chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme or marjoram
- 6 spring onions, finely chopped
- To garnish: a few sprigs of fresh thyme
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:35min ›
Ready in:50min
- Heat the oil in a flameproof casserole large enough to hold the chicken breasts in a single layer. Add the chicken and brown them all over.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then add the lemon juice, mushrooms and stock. Cover and bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes, or until the chicken juices run clear when the breasts are pierced with a knife. Add a little more stock or water if the liquid is evaporating too quickly; there should be some liquid left when the chicken is cooked.
- Remove the chicken breasts from the casserole and keep them warm. Boil the remaining cooking liquid until it thickens slightly. Stir in the chopped thyme or marjoram and spring onions and adjust the seasoning. Serve the chicken, spoon the mushroom sauce over it and garnish with sprigs of thyme.
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Reviews & ratings
Average global rating:
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Reviews in English (9)
Altered ingredient amounts. I added half a finely chopped onion after I browned the chicken breasts as I didn't have any spring onions. - 22 Aug 2009
Used bottled lemon juice but worked well, good lemon taste but that suited us well. Impressed the family with this recipe and very easy to do, will certainly try this again - 27 Mar 2011
i made this for my girl pals. they all loved it and it was a very simply dish that come across good. they were impressed. The only thing i maybe would change is only use 1 lemon as im not overly keen on lemons in dinner. but the others - thought it was great - 28 Aug 2009