Chicken meat has been used in Russian cuisine since ancient times. Chicken meat is cheap and tasty, and to some extent also dietary. Some vegetarians, the so-called Polotarians, allow themselves to eat only poultry meat.
Universal meat
Chicken meat has good nutritional value, contains a lot of protein, vitamins and minerals. Many athletes prefer chicken to other types of poultry and meat.
From chicken, there are a huge number of different dishes in many cuisines of the world. Separately prepare the legs, wings, fillets and hearts. Often chicken is cooked whole, baked in the oven. But also this bird can be disassembled and cooked even in the same oven, even in a frying pan.
Cream is not only a dessert
There are many recipes for chicken in various sauces. For example, cream sauce goes well with chicken fillet . It is very tasty and inexpensive!
Cream is rarely used in Russian cuisine, unlike French, where no dish can do without cream: whether it is roast or dessert.
We are used to seeing cream in confectionery, but modern multiculturalism allows you to taste food from around the world. So why not cook such a wonderful dish like chicken and cream in a pan?
First, let's figure out the cream. They must be of the correct fat content, necessarily more than 30%, otherwise the saturation of the taste of the dish will suffer.
By the way, you can sometimes replace cream with sour cream of high fat content, but you should know that it gives sourness, which is not found in cream, so it's up to you.
The best spices for chicken
I wonder what else is needed to make the chicken with cream in the pan just perfect?
Need some spices! First of all, nutmeg. It goes well with cream in the best way. In principle, you can only do it and salt, if you do not plan to add any more ingredients to the chicken. If you want to add chicken, for example, mushrooms to the fillet, then curry seasoning is good for this.
Cream of chicken with cream in a pan will go well with white wine or wine vinegar. These ingredients in a certain proportion need to be added to the meat.
Basic recipe
You will need a basic recipe, for the preparation of which you will need:
- chicken fillet;
- fat cream;
- butter;
- salt;
- nutmeg.
Based on this recipe, you can cook many different dishes by adding garlic, mushrooms, wine, cheese, etc.
A dish such as chicken with cream in a pan allows you to modify and complement the recipe. Chicken fillet, cooked in a creamy sauce, turns out to be soft, with a taste of spices.
Let’s step by step try to prepare such an amazing invention of French cuisine as chicken with cream in a pan.
To get started, take 500 gr. chicken fillet (you can take a couple of breasts from which you need to remove the skin). Then we need 100 gr. cream 33% fat, a pinch of salt and nutmeg, as well as 20 gr. butter.
Since we are preparing a dish called chicken with cream in a pan, a recipe for it without a good pan would not be ideal. Better to take with non-stick coating. If you do not have one, take the usual one.
Melt the butter over low heat, then gently place the fillet cut into small pieces. Fry on all sides, salt. While the chicken is fried, stir the cream with nutmeg. When the fillet takes on a golden hue, you can add the sauce. Put the chicken in the cream for five minutes and turn off the heat. Your meal is ready!
Mustard sauce
For the holidays you can cook a special sauce based on cream with mustard.
French must also like mustard seeds and often use it in their kitchen. Let's see what it takes to cook the chicken fillet in mustard cream sauce.
Take half a kilogram of fillet, half a glass of cream and a third of a glass of white wine. A pinch of black pepper and salt. Two tablespoons of olive oil and the same amount of Dijon mustard (in grains). Do not forget a teaspoon of dried tarragon.
Start cooking
Wash, cut into small pieces of fillet, salt and pepper. In oil, fry it until golden brown using medium heat. When the filet is ready, transfer it to a plate, and pour the wine into the pan. Let it evaporate a little over low heat. Then add mustard to the wine, mix. Do not forget about the cream, and then mix too. The next step is to add tarragon and turn off the heat. Everything is ready! Now you can serve chicken with creamy mustard sauce.
Mushroom sauce
The next recipe, which is great for a dinner party, is, of course, chicken with mushrooms and cream in a pan.
The main rule of this dish is that the ingredients should not interrupt the taste of each other. The proportions are very important here. If you add the wrong amount of mushrooms, you will beat the taste of cream, and if you go too far with cream, you will not feel mushrooms in the dish.
So what do we need for chicken with mushrooms in a creamy sauce?
First, take two chicken breasts (peeled), a pinch of black pepper and salt, a tablespoon of olive oil and the middle head of shallots, 200 gr. champignons, 50 grams of vermouth or dry white wine, half a glass of fat cream, green onions.
Cut the chicken fillet, salt, pepper and lay in a pan. Fry in olive oil until tender, then transfer the breasts to a dish.
Cut the shallots and sauté them in the pan where the chicken was fried until a characteristic aroma appears. While the onion is fried, chop the mushrooms. Add to the pan to the onion. Fry until mushrooms are reduced in size. Then add the wine, stirring, fry over low heat until the wine has evaporated.
Chop green onions. Add cream and chopped onions to the mushroom pan, mix and cook until the cream boils. Then transfer the cooked chicken to the same pan and simmer for two to three minutes with the sauce. Your chicken cream with mushrooms is ready!
To summarize ...
As you can see, there are many recipes for chicken fillet in a creamy sauce. Most come from France. However, this does not prevent the residents of Russia and other countries from constantly cooking such dishes for various holidays.
If you want to surprise your family with something new, you can cook a dish like chicken with cream in a pan. Photos, recipes, cooking secrets and more were presented in this article.
Enjoy your meal!