I don’t cook often enough.

Megan concurs.

But back when I used to cook more often here a recipe I used to use often when I forgot it was my night to cook. It would be an excellent easy showing off recipe for a special friend.

You need:

A package of chicken milansa (real thin filets of chicken breast)
salt and pepper
1 – 1/2 cups of AP flour (for dredging)
olive oil
3 T butter
at LEAST 2 C mushrooms more is okay – this is jumped up peasant food stop being so persnickety
(oh and white button will do, baby portabella is better – buy pre-sliced don’t be a hero)
small jar of capers
26 OZ Chicken stock
3 cloves (or 3 T) garlic
fistful of shallots or a small yellow onion
a medium lemon
2 T Cornstarch
Half pound of pasta… I prefer small noodle for this…

Salt and pepper both sides of the chicken filets and dredge them in the flour.
Shake it off. You’re not deep frying them.

Big ol sauté pan or a fry pan with some sides to it.
Medium high heat, brown the chicken both sides in the butter AND olive oil… you’re looking for some caramelization so don’t get soft on me now.

You’ve cooked the chicken (this’ll be pretty quick) so get it out of the pan and set it aside.

Re-oil the pan and scrape up the lil bits that you charred onto the pan.
Toss in the garlic and onion/shallots and turn the whole thing down to medium.

Translusce the onions. The garlic’ll be fine.
Add the mushrooms.
The mushrooms are going to suck up all the liquid, don’t be afraid to add a little more oil.
Keep cooking down the mushrooms until the give the liquid back.

Add all of the stock.
Turn the heat back up to a simmer.
Add at LEAST 3 T of capers, I won’t tell if you dump the whole small bottle in
Zest the lemon and add the peel to the stock. Squeeze the lemon into the pan.

Simmer it down about 10 minutes. (Start the pasta)
Make a slurry of the cornstarch and add it until it reasonably thick (thanksgiving gravy thick… you’ll know)

Add the chicken BACK the pan and reheat it.

Half cup to a cup of pasta on a plate with two milansa filets and a whole bunch of sauce.

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It's a nice day for a white sage and ivory wedding.

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• I want to eliminate sleep entirely from my life.

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