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Seared Chicken with Easy Pan Sauces

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By Pam Anderson

Posted July 23rd, 2007

This article is reprinted with permission from Cooking New American : How to Cook the Food You Love to Eat, by Fine Cooking Magazine, (2004, Taunton)

Cooking New American : How to Cook the Food You Love to Eat

Servings:	4
Author Notes:	This technique and the accompanying sauces also would work well with turkey cutlets, boneless pork chops, or sliced pork loin. Cooking Right: Choose the right size skillet so that the cutlets have neither too much nor too little space between them. A 12-inch pan works best for four cutlets. See recipe links below for Easy Pan Sauces.
Ingredients:	4 trimmed boneless, skinless chicken breasts, tenderloin removed and cooked separately or saved for another use kosher salt freshly ground black pepper flour for dredging For Pan Sauce: 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil pan sauce ingredients of your choice (see recipe links below)
Instructions:	Season the chicken breasts on both sides with ample salt and pepper. Put a handful of flour in a pie pan or other sided plate and position it near the stove. Combine the sauce ingredients of your choice in a 1-cup Pyrex measuring cup or small bowl (see Pan Sauces recipe link below). Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter and the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Dredge one of the chicken breasts in the flour, coating both sides well but shaking off any excess. Increase the heat of the pan to medium high. Before adding the chicken, test the heat of the pan by flicking in a little of the dredging flour. If the flour sizzles enthusiastically and immediately turns golden, the pan is ready. Add the first floured chicken breast. Then quickly flour the remaining breasts and add them to the pan. Cook for about 4 minutes without moving the breasts. Then, starting with the first one in the pan, turn them over and cook for another 3 or 4 minutes on the other side. Transfer the chicken to a plate or plates and keep it warm. Add the pan sauce ingredients to the hot pan and boil, stirring and scraping up the browned bits in the bottom of the pan, over high heat until the liquid is reduced by half. Add the remaining tablespoon of butter and whisk until smooth and glossy. (Tilt the pan to bring the small amount of liquid to one side while you whisk in the butter.) Spoon the sauce over the chicken and serve immediately.