I wanted something that was quick but really delicious so I did something simple like chicken and used my left over mashed potatoes. Since I used less time to cook everything I decided to make a sauce to bring a depth of flavor to the dish.
Ingredients:
1 chicken breast, boneless and skinless
dry spices- salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, paprika etc.
1 tbs. butter
olive oil
1/4 onion, rough chop
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1 tbs. flour
1 1/2 cup chicken stock
worchestire sauce
1-3 t fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 t tomato paste
Directions:
1. preheat oven to 350
2. Take chicken out of fridge. Combine all dry spices into a small bowl. Place chicken on a paper plate and rub spices all over chicken. Make sure everything is well seasoned.
3. Once oven is preheated put 1 tbs. butter and a splash of olive oil in a stainless steel skillet over medium high heat.
4. Add chicken to pan and brown for about 4 minutes, flip chicken over and cook for about 3 minutes. Stick a thermometer prob into the thickest part of the chicken and place entire pan into the oven.
5. Allow chicken to cook until it reaches 157. Remove chicken from oven and remove to a plate. Cover with aluminum foil and allow to rest.
6. Put pan onto medium heat and add onion and garlic. Allow to cook while scraping up browned bits from the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon.
7. Once onions are caramelized, add the flour and whisk vigourously. Cook for about 2 minutes to lightly brown the flour.
8. Whisk in your chicken stock, a dash of worchestire and tomato paste. Allow to cook slowly until liquid has thickend. (while sauce is thickening I microwaved my mashed potatoes)
9. Once it is to the thickness you like add the lemon juice and taste to see if it needs more salt and pepper.
10. Slice the chicken and serve over a mound of mashed potatoes. Make sure to top everything with the yummy gravy!
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