Braised chicken with cashew butter

Name: Braised chicken with cashew butter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Ingredients: 2 oz Shallots, minced; 2 1/2 oz Clarafied butter; 12 oz Calvados; 2 tsp Fresh thyme, chopped; 3 oz Cashews; 1 tbsp Honey; 1 lb Unsalted butter; Salt; Pepper; Flour; 12 oz Mirepoix; 4 Garlic cloves; 1 pint Apple cider; 1 tbsp Cider vinegar; 3 pints Chicken stock; 2 Bay leaves; Bonless skinless chicken breast

2 steps

Prep:45minCook:30min

Cashew can be substituted with almonds. calvados can be substituted with apple juice. apple cider can be substituted with apple juice.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:46:15 GMT

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Ingredients

16 servings

2 ozShallots

2.5 ozbutter

12 ozCalvados

3 ozcashews

1 Tbsphoney

1 lbunsalted butter

12 ozMirepoix

1 pintApple cider

1 Tbspcider vinegar

3 pintschicken stock

2bay leaves

Bonless skinless chicken breast

Instructions

Step 1

season chicken with with salt and pepper and dredge in flour. Brown chicken evenly in clarified butter for about 6 minutes per side. Remove chicken from pan. Add mirepoix and garlic to pan. Saute for 1 minute. Add the remaining calvados, cider, and vinegar until reduced by half.

Step 2

Return chicken to pan. add stock and herbs. Cover and braise for aprox. 15 minutes. Remove chicken from pan. Reduce stock by half. Use the roux to thicken to a light consistency. Strain the sauce, mix with the cashew butter. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle the sauce over chicken and serve at once.