Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breasts
Ingredients
- 2 Chicken breast halves Boneless
- 2 Egg white
- 2 t. Cornstarch
- 1/2 Lemon juice
- 1 cup Bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon Fresh Parsley
- 1 t. Kosher salt
- 1/4 t. Ground pepper
- 1 Lemon zest minced
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 3 tblspoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons Shallots minced
- 1/2 cup Dry White Wine
- 1/2 cup Heavy cream
- 1/2 cup Chicken broth
- 1 t. Lemon juice
- 4 tablespoons Unsalted butter cubed
- 1 t. Sage
- 1 t. Salt
- 1 t. White pepper
- 1 t. Cayenne
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450
- Prepare chicken breasts, cutting and pounding
- Blend egg whites cornstarch, and lemon juice with a fork in a wide shallow dish: set aside
- Combine bread crumbs, parsley, salt, and parsmesan , zest in a second wide, shallow dish.
- crust chicken breasts. Let chicken rest at room temp on a rack for 20-30 min to set crust. Saute chicken in Oilin a large non stick ovenproff skillet over medium high heat for about 3 mins or until golden brown and crisp Carefully turn with spatula and tranfer the skillet to the oven to finish cooking Roast chicken just until done about 8 more mins.
- Sage butter Sauce
- Saute shallots in butter in a small saucepan over med heat just until soft, 2-3 minutes.
- Add wine, cream, broth and lemon juice. Simmer until reduced by half, 8-10 minutes.
- Whisk in butter, 1T at a time, stirring constantly. Do not add more butter until previous addition has melted completely.
- Finish sauce with sage and seasonings. Keep warm in a water bath until ready to serve.