Chicken Breasts with Potatoes and Mashed Peas

Chicken Breasts with Potatoes and Mashed Peas
Chicken Breasts with Potatoes and Mashed Peas might be a good recipe to expand your main course collection. One portion of this dish contains around 71g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 768 calories. This recipe covers 46% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. If you have baby peas, mint, wine, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and fodmap friendly diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 42
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On a large rimmed baking sheet, toss the halved potatoes with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast the potatoes for about 35 minutes or until tender and browned. Set the potatoes aside. Reduce the oven temperature to 35
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Meanwhile, in a large ovenproof skillet, melt the 3 tablespoons of butter. Season the chicken breast halves with salt and pepper and add to the skillet, skin side down, along with the thyme sprigs. Cook over moderately low heat until the skin is well browned, about 15 minutes. Turn and cook for 5 minutes longer, basting occasionally with the pan juices.
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Transfer the chicken to the oven and roast for about 15 minutes, until cooked through.
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Add the chicken to the potatoes and keep warm. Reserve 3 tablespoons of the melted fat from the skillet.
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Pour off the remaining fat from the skillet and discard the thyme sprigs.
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Add 1/2 cup of the wine to the skillet and boil over moderately high heat, scraping up the browned bits, until reduced by half, about 2 minutes.
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Add the chicken stock and boil until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes.
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Remove from the heat and stir in the chopped thyme and 2 tablespoons of chilled butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Season with salt and pepper.
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Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil.
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Add the green peas, cover and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3 minutes.
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Drain the peas, transfer half to a food processor and coarsely puree. Stir the puree back into the remaining peas.
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Add the reserved fat from the skillet along with the remaining 2 tablespoons of wine and the mint. Season with salt and pepper.
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Transfer the chicken breasts and potatoes to plates. Spoon the mashed peas alongside and serve with the pan sauce.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings4
Health Score59
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