Indulge in the delectable flavors of Hunter Sauce, a classic culinary creation that elevates chicken dishes to new heights. Originating from the kitchens of France, this rich and savory sauce is characterized by its alluring combination of mushrooms, shallots, white wine, and a hint of cream. The delicate balance of tangy and earthy flavors makes it an ideal accompaniment to tender chicken breasts, juicy thighs, or succulent roasted birds. Explore three distinct recipes in this article, each offering a unique twist on this timeless sauce. From the traditional Hunter Sauce with its rustic charm to the elegant Creamy Hunter Sauce with its velvety texture, and the zesty Lemon Hunter Sauce that adds a refreshing brightness, these recipes cater to diverse palates and cooking styles. Embark on a culinary journey and discover the perfect Hunter Sauce recipe to tantalize your taste buds and impress your dinner guests.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
CHICKEN CHASSEUR OR HUNTER'S CHICKEN
Chicken Chasseur or Hunter's Chicken is one of the most popular French chicken recipes. It contains simple ingredients like bone-in chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, wine, and herbs. It's very easy to make and looks as amazing as it tastes. Serve it to your guests or family, tell them that it's Chicken Chasseur and you'll impress everybody. But once they've actually sunken their teeth into it, I guarantee they'll be speechless (that happened in my house).
Provided by Edyta
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat up your oven to 375 F. In order to make Chicken Chasseur with a crispy skin, heat up clarified butter (or a combination of butter with cooking oil) in a cast iron skillet on medium heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and once your pan is hot, add chicken (skin side down) and cook undisturbed for 6-7 minutes, until the skin is nicely browned.
- Turned the chicken over and cook for another 4-5 minutes. Transfer the chicken onto a baking sheet and place in the oven for about 15-20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through and the internal temperature shows 165F.
- Once you've moved your chicken to the oven, discard all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the skillet. Add sliced mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and cook for about 5 minutes. Then add chopped shallots and let them sweat for another few minutes.
- If using, add cognac and either flambe it or let it almost entirely cook-off. Add wine and deglaze the pan. Cook until about 1 tablespoon of liquid is left.
- Add tomatoes or tomato paste, chicken stock, and let cook for about 10-15 minutes.
- If your sauce is too liquidy, combine 1-2 tablespoons of either Wondra flour or all-purpose flour with a 1/2 cup of water, mix well (until smooth) and add to the sauce to thicken it up. Cook for another 2 minutes.
- Adjust seasoning, add salt and pepper as needed. Once the sauce has the right consistency, turn it off and add 2 tablespoons of cold butter and let it melt into the sauce (Tip: once you've added butter, then you cannot reduce the sauce more as the butter would break);
- Chop tarragon and parsley. Remove the chicken from the oven. Then for serving, you can either put the chicken back into the pan and sprinkle everything with herbs and serve it family style, or you plate the chicken and drench in your sauce, then sprinkle with herbs. Serve with mashed potatoes or egg noodles. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 431 kcal, Carbohydrate 18 g, Protein 49 g, Fat 11 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Cholesterol 218 mg, Sodium 424 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 5 g, ServingSize 1 serving
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.
HUNTER SAUCE
Make and share this Hunter Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Pikawicca
Categories Sauces
Time 30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Saute bacon in 1 tablespoons olive oil until golden brown.
- remove bacon to a bowl and saute onion in drippings until soft.
- remove to bowl with bacon.
- saute mushrooms in remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- return bacon and onions to skillet.
- add tomato paste, thyme, salt, pepper, and paprika.
- stir until tomato paste is dissolved.
- add wine and reduce over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- add beef broth and reduce over medium heat for 10 minutes.
- stir in creme fraiche and parsley until heated through.
- spoon over sauteed chicken breasts or veal/pork scallopine.
HUNTER STYLE CHICKEN CACCIATORE
Traditional chicken cacciatore is brought to a new level with onions, peppers, mushrooms and red wine. This hunter-style version gives a heartiness and warmth that will satisfy any appetite! This recipe is inspired by the cacciatore that we enjoy from our favorite Italian restaurant. Serve over pasta with freshly-grated Parmesan and a green salad!
Provided by Pam
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 2h35m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a large pot over low heat, and cook and stir the garlic until tender but not browned, about 3 minutes. Pour in the tomatoes with their juice, and mash with a potato masher to leave the tomatoes in chunks. Stir in tomato paste, red wine, sugar, oregano, basil, salt, and black pepper, and mix until the tomato paste is smoothly combined into the sauce. Bring to a simmer, and cook, stirring often, while you prepare the vegetables.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the carrot and celery until tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir into the sauce. In the same skillet, cook and stir the green peppers and onions until the onions are translucent, 5 to 8 more minutes; mix them to the sauce. Heat 1 more tablespoon of olive oil in the skillet, and cook and stir the mushrooms until they give up their liquid, about 10 minutes; stir the mushrooms into the sauce. Allow sauce to simmer while you cook the chicken.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl. Place the flour in a separate shallow bowl. Heat 1/4 cup of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Dip chicken pieces in egg, then dredge in flour. Tap off any excess flour, and brown the chicken pieces in the hot oil until browned on both sides, about 15 minutes. Set the chicken pieces aside.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Spoon about 1 cup of the tomato sauce into the bottom of a large Dutch oven. Place the chicken pieces into the Dutch oven, and pour remaining sauce and vegetables over the chicken; cover.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is tender and no longer pink inside, about 1 hour. If sauce begins to boil harder than a simmer, reduce oven heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- About 15 minutes before serving time, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Stir in the linguine pasta, bring back to a boil, and cook, stirring often, until the linguine is tender but still slightly firm, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain the pasta well.
- Turn the linguine out onto a large platter, and top with the chicken and sauce. Sprinkle with parsley and Parmesan cheese to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 655 calories, Carbohydrate 72.9 g, Cholesterol 114.2 mg, Fat 21.3 g, Fiber 6.8 g, Protein 40.1 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 597.7 mg, Sugar 9.2 g
HUNTER'S CHICKEN
What could be more comforting than chicken breasts wrapped in bacon with BBQ sauce and cheese? Serve this easy chicken dish with mash or roast potatoes
Provided by morgandrain
Categories Dinner, Main course, Supper
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Oil a tray, put the chicken breasts on it and cover each one with 2 bacon rashers. Put the chicken in the oven for 20-25 mins until cooked through.
- While the chicken is cooking, fry the onion in 1 tbsp oil until golden brown and soft, then set aside. Put the potatoes in a large pan of boiling water and cook for 10-15 mins until soft. Put another smaller pan of water on the hob and bring to the boil while the potatoes are cooking. Once boiling, tip in the runner beans and carrots and cook for 8-10 mins until soft but with a little bite. Drain the potatoes and put them back in the pan with the milk and cream cheese, mash until smooth and stir though the fried onions.
- Once the chicken is cooked, pour over the BBQ sauce and scatter over the parmesan and return to the oven for 2 mins until the cheese has melted. Serve with the mash, carrots and runner beans.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 789 calories, Fat 33 grams fat, SaturatedFat 13 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 62 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 21 grams sugar, Fiber 9 grams fiber, Protein 56 grams protein, Sodium 2.4 milligram of sodium
HUNTER'S SAUCE WITH MUSHROOMS
This sauce is also known as sauce chasseur. It's a nice brown sauce with mushrooms. I sometimes substitute this sauce when the recipe calls for golden mushroom soup.
Provided by PanNan
Categories Sauces
Time 25m
Yield 2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Saute onions in butter until very tender.
- Add mushrooms and saute additional 2- 3 minutes.
- Add wine, simmer, and reduce by half.
- Add tomato puree and gravy and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Adjust seasoning to your taste with Maggi, salt and pepper.
- You can also add your favorite herbs to this sauce.
Tips:
- To make a flavorful hunter sauce, use a combination of fresh mushrooms, such as cremini or shiitake mushrooms, and dried porcini mushrooms. The dried mushrooms will add a rich, earthy flavor to the sauce.
- Use a good quality white wine for the sauce. A dry white wine, such as a Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc, will work well.
- Be sure to cook the mushrooms until they are tender. This will help to release their flavor into the sauce.
- Add a dollop of sour cream or crème fraîche to the sauce for a creamy and rich flavor.
- Serve the hunter sauce over chicken, pork, or beef. It can also be used as a topping for pasta or vegetables.
Conclusion:
Hunter sauce is a delicious and versatile sauce that can be used to enhance the flavor of a variety of dishes. With its rich, earthy flavor and creamy texture, it is sure to please everyone at your table. So next time you are looking for a new way to dress up your favorite protein, give hunter sauce a try. You won't be disappointed!
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