CHICKEN WITH BASIL SAUCE

Oven-baked chicken pieces with basil sauce

This recipe came originally from The Australian Women's Weekly Dinner Party Cookbook No. 2, available at an Australian newsagent near you.

Ingredients

(Serves 4)

4 large chicken fillets

Crumb

topping

60 g fresh breadcrumbs
60 g grated parmesan
15 ml chopped parsley
100 g bacon
90 g butter
2 garlic cloves
10 ml Worcestershire sauce
2.5 ml dry mustard

Basil

sauce

125 ml oil
60 ml white vinegar
1 garlic clove, crushed
75 g fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
125 ml cream
1 egg yolk

Procedure chicken

Preheat oven to 190C
Combine breadcrumbs, cheese and parsley. Sautae chopped bacon and drain on absorbent paper. Add the bacon to the breadcrumb mix. This is the crumb topping for the chicken.
In a pan, melt the butter, then add the crushed garlic, Worcestershire sauce and mustard. Mix and heat through.
Coat the chicken fillets with the butter mixture by dipping them in the saucepan. Arrange in a shallow, ovenproof dish. Press the breadcrumb mixture on top of the chicken pieces to provide a crumb topping.
Bake uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes.
While the chicken cooks, make the basil sauce: in a saucepan combine all sauce ingredients except the egg yolk. Stir until heated and then add the egg yolk, stirring until thickened. Do not boil. Pour the hot sauce over the chicken pieces just before serving.

Notes

The sauce sounds unusual but tastes great. The fresh basil gives it a good green colour. Serve with green, vegetables, such as beans and snow peas, or a leafy green salad for a colour-coordinated dinner.

The finer the ingredients in the topping the better will be its effect.

Rating

Difficulty: moderate.
Time: 30 minutes preparation, 25 minutes cooking.
Precision: approximate measurement OK.

Contributor

 
Alex Patison 
Pyramid Technology Australia, Sydney. 
alex@pta.oz pyramid!pyrcorp!pta!alex

Recipe last modified: 22 May 86

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