Embark on a culinary journey to savor the delectable flavors of Chicken Chasseur, a classic French dish that captures the essence of rustic charm. This tantalizing dish features succulent chicken pieces seared to perfection and nestled in a rich, savory sauce brimming with aromatic herbs and succulent mushrooms. As you delve into the depths of this culinary masterpiece, you'll discover a symphony of textures and flavors, from the tender chicken to the earthy mushrooms and the velvety sauce. Accompanied by a selection of flavorful sides, Chicken Chasseur promises an unforgettable dining experience that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving more. Let's unveil the secrets behind this cherished recipe, exploring variations, cooking techniques, and the art of pairing it with complementary dishes to create a truly memorable meal.
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CHICKEN CHASSEUR (HUNTER-STYLE CHICKEN)
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Season chicken pieces on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a few tablespoons of clarified butter in a Dutch oven over high heat. Place chicken in skin side down and cook until golden brown. Turn the chicken over and brown the other side. Remove chicken to a baking sheet and bake in the oven until just cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes.
- Remove all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the pan. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and saute until golden brown. Add the shallots and cook for 30 seconds. Remove the pan from the heat and add the Cognac and cook until completely reduced. Add the wine and cook until completely reduced. Add the stock and tomato and bring to a simmer. Cook until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon ("nappe") and then swirl in the butter ("monter au beurre"). Once the butter is added, the sauce can not be further reduced because it will break. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the tarragon and chervil.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes. Remove the breastbone from the breast. Cut each breast into 2 even pieces on the bias. Cut the legs into 2 pieces at the joint and on the bias and remove the thighbones. Serve 1 leg piece and 1 breast piece. Make sure only 1 piece contains a bone. Serve on hot plates, napped with the sauce.
CHICKEN BREASTS CHASSEUR (SUPREMES DE VOLAILLE CHASSEUR)
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Season the chicken with the salt and pepper. Warm 1 teaspoon of the oil in a large nonstick saute pan over medium heat. Carefully, lay the chicken breasts, skin side down, in the pan. Sear for 3 minutes, or until the skin has nicely browned. Transfer the chicken, skin side up, to a nonstick jelly-roll pan. Reserve the saute pan.
- Bake the chicken for 20 minutes, or until the juices run clear when the chicken is pierced with a knife.
- While the chicken is cooking, remove most of the fat from the saute pan. Add the carrots and onions to the pan. Saute over medium heat for 3 minutes, or until the vegetables begin to caramelize. Add the stock and raise the heat to high. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until the liquid has reduced by half. Strain through a fine sieve into a small bowl; skim off any fat that rises to the surface.
- Warm the remaining 1 teaspoon oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and shallots. Saute for 5 minutes, or until the mushrooms are golden. Season with the salt. Remove the pan from the heat and add the cognac. Carefully ignite the cognac with a long match. Allow the flame to burn out, then add the wine. Return the pan to the heat.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the liquid has reduced by half. Add the reserved stock and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Stir in the tarragon. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
- Remove the skin from the chicken breasts. Carefully cut the breast meat from the breast bone and then cut each breast, on the diagonal, into 2 pieces. Place a divided chicken in the center of each of 4 warm dinner plates.
EASY CHICKEN CHASSEUR
Lillian Charves, of New Bern, North Carolina says, "I clipped a variation of this recipe from a magazine many years ago and have made changes to reduce the amount of fat and sodium. Need proof that everyone loves this delicious, special-tasting dish? There are never any leftovers!"
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Place cornstarch in a large resealable plastic bag. Add the chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, brown chicken in 2 teaspoons oil. Remove and set aside., In the same skillet, saute mushrooms and onions in remaining oil until tender. Add the broth, sherry and seasonings; bring to a boil. Carefully return chicken to the pan; simmer, uncovered, for 4-6 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in tomatoes; heat through. Serve with rice if desired.,
Nutrition Facts : Calories 260 calories, Fat 7g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 63mg cholesterol, Sodium 283mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 25g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
HOMEMADE CHICKEN CHASSEUR
This is a wonderful meal for friends and family. It is actually much better the day after. I use the small, brown Cremini mushrooms, but you can use the white button ones. Serve this with a crisp, romaine salad, some crusty French bread, and country red wine. Times are approximate.
Provided by FLUFFSTER
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large, deep frying pan, heat the oil over moderately high heat.
- Season the chicken with 1/4 teaspoons each of the salt and pepper and add to ther pan. Cook until browned, turning, about 8 minutes in all. Remove.
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoons fat from the pan.
- Add the butter to the pan and reduce the heat to moderately low.
- Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Raise the heat to moderately high.
- Add the mushrooms, garlic, and 1/4 teaspoons of the salt. Cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables are browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
- Stir in the vermouth and bring back to a simmer.
- Stir in the broth, tomatoes, thyme, and the remaining 1/2 teaspoons salt.
- Add the chicken and any accumulated juices. Reduce the heat; simmer, covered, until the chicken is done, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the parsley and the remaining 1/4 teaspoons pepper.
BOBBY FLAY'S CHICKEN CHASSEUR
Seen Bobby make this the other night on TV. Looked so yummy I had to give it a try. It's simply delicious.
Provided by Melissa Turner
Categories Other Sauces
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- 1. Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a Dutch oven over high heat. Sprinkle the chicken pieces on both sides with salt and pepper. Place the chicken in skin-side down and cook until golden brown. Turn the chicken over and brown the other side. Remove the chicken to a baking sheet. Keep warm in oven until all pieces have been browned.
- 2. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper and saute until golden brown. Remove the mushrooms from the pan. Add a touch more canola oil and add the shallots and cook for 30 seconds. Add 2 tablespoon of the tomato paste and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the white wine and cognac and reduce for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Add the mushrooms and nestle the chicken into the sauce, skin-side up. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook until the chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
- 3. Once the chicken is cooked, remove it from the pan and put on a plate. Taste the sauce. Add 2 more tablespoon tomato paste and whisk to combine. Add the butter to enrich the sauce. Check the seasoning. Add the tarragon and stir to combine.
- 4. Serve the sauce with the chicken over some of the Creamy Polenta. Recipe to follow.
- 5. Add the stock to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the polenta in a fine stream, whisking constantly with a wire whisk. Once all the polenta has been added, reduce the heat to low and cover the pan. Stir the mixture, using a wooden spoon, every 5 minutes and continue cooking until all the liquid has been absorbed and the mixture is very creamy, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the heavy cream and cheeses until combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN CHASSEUR
From The America's Test Kitchen Cookbook., the same folks as Cook's Illustrated. I haven't tried it yet. The chicken pieces should still have both the bone in and the skin on.
Provided by Debbie R.
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 5h
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. Add bbacon to the crockpot. Reserve the bacon fat separately. You should have at least 2 T. If not, use vegetable oil for the missing fat.
- Dry chicken with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Add 2 t. bacon fat to the skillet. Heat over medium-high heat until just smoking. Brown half of the chicken on both sides, about 10 minutes. Put in the crockpot. (Remove the browned skin if using thighs.) Return the skillet to medium high heat and repeat with 2 more teaspoons of fat and the rest of the chicken. Discard any fat left in the skillet.
- Add the remaining 2 t. fat to empty skillet. Heat over medium heat until shimmering. Add cremini's, red onion and 1/4 teaspoons salt. Cook until mushroom are brown, 10-15 minutes. Stir in the garlic. Cook for 15 seconds. Stir in wine and tomato paste, scraping up any browned bits. Simmer until the wine has reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Put in crockpot.
- Add tomatoes, 1.5 cups broth, porcini's, thyme, bay leaves and red pepper flakes to crockpot. Cover and cook on low until chicken is tender, about 4 hours.
- Transfer chicken to large serving dish. Tent loosely with foil.
- Discard bay leaves. Set the crockpot to high. Whisk flour with remaining 1/2 cup broth until smooth. Stir into crockpot. Cover and continue to cook until sauce is thickened and no longer tastes of flour, 15 to 30 minutes longer.
- Stir in parsley. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon vegetables and some of the sauce over the chicken. Serve, passing the remaining sauce separately.
CHICKEN CHASSEUR
Chicken Chasseur is one tasty meal that can be created with ease for either a family or celebration meal. Any part of the chicken can be used for this recipe although chicken thighs seems to have more flavour than the fillet and are more suited if you wish to cook the recipe slowly. The ideal accompaniment to chicken Chasseur would be small new potatoes and seasonal vegetables. However, with this dish being something that could be left in a slow cooker or a low oven to cook all day whilst you are at work you might not want to be preparing vegetables before eating. Either use quick cook rice or have your vegetables ready washed in your fridge so that they can be put into a steamer whilst you lay the table for dinner. There is nothing stopping you adding vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and peas to the Chicken Chasseur so that it is a complete meal ready to eat for your dinner when you arrive home after a hard days work.
Provided by English_Rose
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 1h45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- Heat oil in a deep based oven proof casserole dish / dutch oven. A cast iron dish is ideal. Brown the chicken thighs or lightly cook the breast fillets. When the chicken is lightly brown add the onions and garlic and cook slowly until the onions are clear.
- Add the can of tomatoes, the white wine, the tomato paste and stock cube and heat through. Place the lid on and put into the preheated oven for one hour.
- Add the button mushrooms, the mixed herbs and replace into the oven for a further thirty minutes. Some people like a browned top to their chicken Chasseur in which case do not replace the lid of the casserole dish for the last thirty minutes of the cooking time. Season to taste and serve. Thicken with more tomato paste if required.
Tips:
- Mise en Place: Before you start cooking, make sure all your ingredients are prepped and measured. This will help you stay organized and ensure that your dish turns out perfectly.
- Choose the Right Chicken: For this recipe, it's best to use boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs. If you're using chicken breasts, you may need to pound them thin to ensure even cooking.
- Season Generously: Don't be afraid to season your chicken generously with salt and pepper. This will help enhance the flavor of the dish.
- Cook the Chicken Thoroughly: Make sure the chicken is cooked all the way through before serving. You can check this by inserting a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the chicken. It should read 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Use Good Quality Ingredients: The better the quality of your ingredients, the better your dish will taste. So use fresh, organic ingredients whenever possible.
- Serve Immediately: Chicken Chasseur is best served immediately after it's cooked. This will ensure that the chicken is juicy and flavorful.
Conclusion:
Chicken Chasseur is a classic French dish that is both elegant and easy to make. With its tender chicken, flavorful sauce, and colorful vegetables, it's sure to impress your guests. So next time you're looking for a special dish to serve, give Chicken Chasseur a try. You won't be disappointed.
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