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Chicken Breast Recipes

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Ingredients:

4 large boneless chicken
1 breast halves or 8 small
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp (to 1/2 t) black pepper
2 tbsp olive or salad oil
2 tbsp butter or margarine
3 tbsp chopped fresh chives or
1 green onions
1 juice of 1/2 lime or lemon
2 tbsp brandy or cognac, optional
3 tbsp chopped parsley
2 tsp dijon-style mustard
1/4 cup chicken broth

Instructions:

Place chicken breast halves between sheets of waxed paper or plastic
wrap. Pound slightly with mallet. Sprinkle with salt and black
pepper. Heat 1T each of oil and butter in large skillet. Cook chicken
over high heat for 4 minutes on each side. Do not cook longer or they
will be overcooked and dry. Transfer to warm serving platter. Add
chives or green onion, lime juice and brandy, if used, parsley and
mustard to pan. Cook 15 seconds, whisking constantly. Whisk in broth.
Stir until sauce is smooth. Whisk in remaining butter and oil. Pour
sauce over chicken. Serve immediately.

Servings: 4

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Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting

Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.

Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.

"If God grants me longer life, I will see to it that no peasant in my kingdom will lack the means to have a chicken in the pot every Sunday." Henri IV of France, in a conversation with the Duke of Savoy