Savor the timeless elegance of Julia Child's Suprêmes de Volaille aux Champignons, a dish that embodies the essence of French cuisine. This classic recipe features tender chicken breasts meticulously cooked in a flavorful sauce, complemented by a medley of succulent mushrooms. With options for both stovetop and oven preparation, this culinary masterpiece caters to diverse cooking preferences. Additionally, explore Julia Child's spin on Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms, a simplified version that retains the delectable essence of the original dish. Vegetarian enthusiasts can rejoice in the delectable Mushroom Suprêmes, a meatless rendition that captures the savory essence of the classic. Embark on a culinary journey with these scrumptious recipes, each offering a unique interpretation of the beloved Suprêmes de Volaille aux Champignons.
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JULIA CHILD'S CREAMY CHICKEN + MUSHROOM
Julia Child's Creamy Chicken + Mushroom (also known as Supremes De Volaille Aux Champignons) lightened up and cooked in one skillet! A gourmet meal ready in less than 30 minutes! Weight Watchers Smart Points: 5 per serve
Provided by Karina
Categories Dinner
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Rub the chicken breasts with lemon juice and season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Heat the butter in a heavy, oven-proof casserole (I used a skillet), about 10 inches in diameter until it is foaming. Stir in the minced shallots or green onion and saute a moment without browning. Then stir in the mushrooms and sauté lightly for a minute or two without browning. Season with salt.
- Quickly roll the chicken in the butter mixture and lay a piece of buttered wax paper over them. Cover casserole (skillet) and place in hot oven. After 8-10 minutes, flip chicken and cook for another 8 minutes in the oven. Alternatively, brown chicken fillets on each side until golden; then cover and place into a preheated oven to continue cooking for a further 8 minutes until cooked through.
- Remove the chicken to a warm platter (leave mushrooms in the pot) and cover while making the sauce.
- To make sauce: Pour the stock and wine in the skillet with the mushrooms. Boil down quickly over high heat until liquid has reduced to half.
- Add in the cream cheese, breaking it down with your wooden spoon. Cook over low heat until it turns into a thick cream. Gradually add in the evaporated milk, stirring through the cream cheese until thickened.
- Take off heat and taste for seasoning. Squeeze over a little extra lemon juice to taste. Add in the broccoli (if including it) and pour the sauce over the chicken. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 86 kcal, Carbohydrate 8 g, Protein 5 g, Fat 2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 294 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 5 g, ServingSize 1 serving
JULIA CHILD SUPREMES DE VOLAILLE AUX CHAMPIGNONS (CHICKEN BREAST
directly from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck (Knopf, 1961)
Provided by endeavour
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Rub the chicken breasts with drops of lemon juice and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a heavy, oven-proof casserole, about 10 inches in diameter until it is foaming. Stir in the minced shallots or green onion and saute a moment without browning. Then stir in the mushrooms and saute lightly for a minute or two without browning. Sprinkle with salt.
- Quickly roll the chicken in the butter mixture and lay a piece of buttered wax paper over them, cover casserole and place in hot oven. After 6 minutes, press top of chicken with your finger. If still soft, return to oven for a moment or two. When the meat is springy to the touch it is done.
- Remove the chicken to a warm platter (leave mushrooms in the pot) and cover while making the sauce (2 to 3 minutes).
- To make sauce, pour the stock and wine in the casserole with the cooking butter and mushrooms. Boil down quickly over high heat until liquid is syrupy. Stir in the cream and boil down again over high heat until cream has thickened slightly. Off heat, taste for seasoning, and add drops of lemon juice to taste. Pour the sauce over the chicken, sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 499.6, Fat 39.6, SaturatedFat 23.5, Cholesterol 195.2, Sodium 508.4, Carbohydrate 5.2, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 1.8, Protein 27.4
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.
CHICKEN FRICASSEE (FRICASSEE DE POULET A L'ANCIENNE)
Also see our step-by-step photo tutorial for making Chicken Fricassee. A fricassee is halfway between a saute and a stew. A true classic -- with as many variations as there are grandmothers in France -- it relies on humble ingredients and just a single pot. It's the original French comfort food: simmered chicken with hearty vegetables in a rich, silky sauce. And almost as satisfying as the dish itself is having our one-pot master recipe in your repertoire.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Chicken
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Brown ChickenSeason chicken on both sides with 1 tablespoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Preheat a Dutch oven or other large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons butter and the oil to pot. When butter melts and foam subsides, add half the chicken, skin side down, in a single layer; do not crowd pot. (If butter begins to blacken, lower heat.) Fry chicken, turning once, until golden brown on both sides, about 10 minutes total, and transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining chicken.
- Saute MirepoixReduce heat to medium, and add mirepoix (onion, carrot, and celery) to pot, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Saute mirepoix, stirring occasionally, until soft and golden brown in places, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Cook Mushrooms and FlourAdd mushrooms, and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms darken, become glossy, and begin to release liquid, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in flour, and cook until flour is absorbed by vegetables and is no longer visible, about 1 minute.
- Pour in Wine and BrothAdd wine to pot, and bring to a boil, stirring until liquid just thickens, about 45 seconds. Add broth, and stir.
- Simmer ChickenPlace chicken, skin side up, in a single layer on vegetables; pour juices that have accumulated on plate into pot. Tie parsley sprigs, thyme sprigs, and bay leaf together with kitchen twine; add to pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cover partially. Cook until internal temperature of thickest part of chicken registers 165 degrees, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer chicken to a clean plate. Simmer liquid, uncovered, until reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. Discard herbs.
- Make and Add LiaisonTo make the liaison (sauce thickener), whisk together egg yolks and cream in a medium bowl. Whisking constantly, pour 1/2 cup cooking liquid, 1 tablespoon at a time, into liaison to temper it. Stir tempered liaison into pot.
- Finish with Tarragon, Lemon, and ButterReturn chicken to pot. Add tarragon, lemon juice, and the remaining butter. Bring to a simmer, stir gently to combine, and serve.
SUPRêME DE VOLAILLE FERMIèRE à LA CRèME (CHICKEN BREAST IN CREAM)
The author Bill Buford adapted this recipe, which he learned while working with the chef Mathieu Viannay at La Mère Brazier in Lyon, France. (Mr. Buford worked with the chef while researching his book "Dirt.") If you just made a batch of chicken stock, there are few better things to do with it than poaching chicken breasts in it. You get two benefits: white meat that is about as moist and tender as possible, and stock that is stronger than when you started, particularly if you poach the entire bird and save the legs for another night. The goal is to keep the liquid well below boiling; it's a stove-top approximation of the sous vide technique.
Provided by Pete Wells
Categories dinner, lunch, poultry, main course
Time 2h
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Set the chicken in a large, deep pot. Add the chicken stock, then add enough water to cover the chicken completely. Heat over high until the temperature of the cooking liquid reaches 160 degrees and is hot enough to steam. Cook the chicken until the inner thighs reach a temperature of 145 degrees, 30 to 40 minutes, monitoring the temperature and reducing the heat as needed throughout the cooking process to make sure the liquid stays under a simmer. Remove chicken from liquid and let rest until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes.
- While chicken rests, start the sauce: In a medium saucepan, whisk the butter and flour over low heat until the mixture melts into a thick, pale roux, 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly add 3 cups of the hot chicken stock to the roux, whisking constantly over low heat, until roux and the liquid are emulsified. Bring to a simmer and cook, whisking occasionally, until the mixture is reduced to 2 cups, about 15 minutes. (Let the remaining stock cool, then refrigerate or freeze for future use.)
- Meanwhile, remove the legs (they will not be fully cooked) and set them aside for another use (see Note). Carefully remove the skin from the chicken breasts, then, starting with the pointed end of each breast, separate the breasts from the breastbone, with your thumb if possible (or your knife if necessary), gently moving your thumb down the center bone that separates the two breasts on each side. Using a knife, ensure that you remove the rest of the breast meat (including the filets) from the bone without tearing; remove and discard any membranes from the surface of each breast. (The meat nearest the bone might still be slightly uncooked, but it will cook through in Step 6.)
- Whisk the cream into the sauce in the saucepan, and continue to cook at a simmer until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon and has reduced to about 2 1/2 cups, another 15 to 20 minutes.
- Whisk in the mustard, then lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then add the port, if using.
- Add the breasts to the sauce to reheat, basting them until fully cooked through, about 5 minutes. Transfer each breast to a warmed plate and slice thickly, if desired. Gently spoon the sauce over the breast to serve.
SUPREMES DE VOLAILLE QUEEN ELIZABETH (STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS)
Something a little different to do with chicken breasts, fancy enough for company, but not too time consuming for a weeknight. I would serve with wild rice and a nice veg, maybe asparagus.
Provided by TinyBubbles
Categories Chicken
Time 40m
Yield 4 chicken breasts, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Butterfly the breasts, spread open, and pound to 1/2-inch thickness.Top each breast with slice ham and slice cheese, tucking in any protruding ends.
- Brush the edges of each breast with egg, fold in half and seal in the ham and cheese. (save remaining egg).
- Pat the outside of the chicken dry. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Heat 2 Tbsp butter in skillet over med-high until the foam subsides. Meanwhile, brush more egg onto the seam of each breast. then dredge in flour, shaking off the excess.
- Saute chicken, turning once, until golden and cooked through, about 4 minutes each side. Remove from skillet, cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
- Add remaining Tbsp butter to skillet and saute mushrooms and shallot, stirring, for 1 minute. Add wine to deglaze the pan. And cook till reduced by half, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften, about 3-4 minutes. Add cream and simmer, stirring occasionallt, until reduced by half, about 6 minutes.
- Stir in any juices that have accumulated on the chicken plate, and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve chicken topped with sauce, garnish with chopped flat-leaf parsley, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 756, Fat 53.8, SaturatedFat 28.5, Cholesterol 275.9, Sodium 1422, Carbohydrate 20, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 5.6, Protein 46.3
CHICKEN SUPREME (SUPREMES DE VOLAILLE)
This is one of my favorite chicken dishes. It's something like chicken corden bleu but much better. A friend's mother was a caterer this was one of her most popular recipes. She says the recipe takes a little time (about an hour or so) but it's well worth it. The dish can be frozen for 2 to 3 months and it gets better when you reheat it.
Provided by Nana Lee
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 58m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Open each whole breast so it lies flat. Pound breasts between sheets of waxed paper with a mallet until thin, leaving each whole breast intact.
- Arrange opened breasts on a tray, smooth side down. Cut a piece of ham and a piece of cheese the same size as half the breast and arrange on top of it.
- Fold breast in half to cover ham and cheese. Seal edges by pounding with mallet. Repeat with remaining breast.
- Roll breasts in 2 tablespoons of flour to coat, shake off excess.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of butter and the oil in a 10-inch skillet.
- Add chicken breasts; cook until underside is golden brown.
- Turn and cook other side 6 to 8 minutes or until golden brown.
- Place breasts on a platter and keep warm in a low oven.
- Add mushrooms, shallots to skillet in which chicken cooked; cook until tender and lightly browned.
- Add tomatoes and wine; simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated.
- Stir in heavy cream; cook until reduced by half. Remove from heat.
- In a 1 quart saucepan melt remaining butter over low heat.
- Stir in the remaining flour with a wire whisk; blend well.
- Add light cream; cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and smooth.
- Add salt and pepper.
- Gradually add sauce to tomato mixture in the skillet and cook over low heat until heated through.
- Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients: This is especially important for the chicken breasts, which should be free-range and organic if possible. The mushrooms should also be fresh and flavorful.
- Don't overcrowd the pan: When searing the chicken breasts, make sure to give them enough space so that they can brown evenly. If you overcrowd the pan, the chicken will steam instead of sear.
- Cook the chicken breasts over medium heat: This will help to prevent them from overcooking and becoming dry.
- Use a meat thermometer: The best way to ensure that the chicken breasts are cooked through is to use a meat thermometer. Insert the thermometer into the thickest part of the breast and cook until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Make sure the sauce is flavorful: The sauce is what really makes this dish special, so make sure to use a good quality white wine and stock. You can also add other ingredients to the sauce, such as herbs, spices, or vegetables.
- Serve the chicken breasts over rice or noodles: This will help to soak up the delicious sauce.
Conclusion:
Julia Child's Suprêmes de Volaille aux Champignons is a classic French dish that is sure to impress your guests. The chicken breasts are tender and flavorful, the sauce is rich and creamy, and the mushrooms add a touch of earthy flavor. This dish is perfect for a special occasion or a romantic dinner.
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