Chicken In Cream

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon basil
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 8 ounces fresh large mushrooms, sliced
• 16 ounces whole pimientos, drained, cut into strips
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine

Recipe

• 1 melt 1 tlbs butter in large, deep skillet. add onion and cook until tender, remove and reserve.
• 2 mix flour, paprika, salt, nutmeg and basil in a gallon size plastic bag. put chicken in bag and shake until well coated.
• 3 heat broth in small pan. melt remaining butter in skillet. add chicken and cook over med high heat 2 minutes, turning once until light brown.
• 4 slowly add hot broth. cover and simmer over low heat 10 minutes or until chicken is tender. slowly add cream, increase heat to med low and simmer gently, uncovered 5 minutes longer.
• 5 remove chicken to hot platter. stir in reserved onions, mushrooms, pimentos and sherry into skillet. increase heat to high and boil gently 3-4 minutes until slightly thickened. pour over chicken.