Friday, December 9, 2011

Creamy-dreamy fillet with mushrooms



Hello!

Today I was off work. I woke up late, I walked to the cafe next door, prepared a Latin lesson and a Greek lesson for my students, I've been lazy... that's so nice...I've been lazy..
   Before couple of hours I made dinner. Quite late, but who cares!
I made chicken breast fillet with a bacon-mushroom-Parmesan-creamy-very-creamy-sauce..I served it with jasmine rice.

What we need:

2 chicken breast fillet ( or beef or pork)
10 sliced mushrooms ( portobello I used  baby Bella (crimini)

4 slices of bacon

3 table spoons of olive oil

salt - pepper- cayenne pepper( the red hot pepper),   

1 clove of garlic

1/2 cup of fresh or frozen peas

1 tea spoon chopped dill

1 cup of jasmine rice
1 1/2 cup of fresh cream                      
Parmesan or other sharp cheese
Wash well the chicken or your fillet and season with salt and cayenne pepper both sides. With 1 table soon of olive oil use a grill pan, in medium fire and grill your fillet. Usually the chicken after 15 minutes it is cooked throughout ( I don't like salmonella, and salmonella doesn't like me).

Meanwhile in a rice cooker I prepare the rice ,1 cup of jasmine rice with 2 cups of water, the peas, dill, 1 spoon of olive oil, salt and pepper. Let it cook ( the rice cooker have a automate switch. If you use a pot, cook up to 10 minutes and drain the extra water.)

Now the sauce:  In a hot pot add the rest of the olive oil, the bacon in small pieces, the mushrooms. Your fire better be medium to high.Stir occasionally, when the bacon is done add a shot of white wine and 2 minutes later your cream and low your fire. Bring it to boil and add the cheese, season with salt and pepper. If your cream is not thick enough you can add either use a teaspoon of corn starch (dissolved in some COLD water), or 2 egg yolks (dissolved as well in cold water before you add them into the hot sauce.) I use the yolks.

You are Ready.. The chicken now is grilled, the rice is done, and the sauce is nice and thick . The time you have to spend is less than an hour, sometimes less than the time you need to go to a drive- Thru junk-in-the-box restaurant...

I serve it with some spinach-rucolla-tomato-pineapple salad. I Love this combination of the flavors.

Enjoy

Emmanuel~

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