Chicken with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil Cream

Tuesday 22 December 2009

Chicken with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil Cream

Everyone needs a good company dish up their sleeve that they can whip together as quick as a blink. You know . . . for those times when someone drops in unexpectedly and you just want to sit down and break bread together.

Chicken with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil Cream

Something quick that uses store cupboard ingredients . . . yet is special enough to feed company.

Chicken with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil Cream

Something that tastes soooo gorgeous, they will think you slaved all day over the stove . . .
but in reality, you threw together in about 20 minutes . . . and that's stretching it!

Chicken with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil Cream

This fits the bill on all accounts. Quick, easy, gorgeously delicious and using ingredients most of us foodies have in our store cupboards and freezer most of the time

Got pasta, sun dried tomatoes, chicken breasts, cream and basil???

Then you got this!

Chicken with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil Cream

Seriously, that is about all it takes! Well, that and a few minutes of your time. Actually not much longer than it takes to cook the pasta and set the table. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Chicken with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil Cream

All you need to go with it is a crusty loaf of Italian bread and a salad. Don 't even think about the calories. This will make you famous, it's a signature dish if I ever saw one . . .

and that, my friends, is well worth the price in extra inchage on the hips. Trust me.

Chicken with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil Cream

*Chicken with Sundried Tomato and Basil Cream*
Serves 4 to 6
Printable Recipe

Rich and delicious. This is quite simple and quick to make, but special enough to feed to even the most discerning of your dinner guests. Tis a real ravable dish! Scrumdiddlyumptious!

For the chicken:
1 TBS butter
1 TBS olive oil
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2 inch strips crosswise
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 eschalon shallot, peeled and minced
(or 1/4 cup of minced ordinary shallots)
50g oil packed sun dried tomatoes, drained, blotted and chopped finely (1/3 cup)
1 TBS sun dried tomato paste
150ml double cream (2/3 cup)
120ml dry white wine (1/2 cup)
a handful of freesh basil leaves, cut chiffonade
(roll up tightly into a cigar shaped bundle and slice thinly across the grain)
370g spaghetti (1 pound)

Melt the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the chicken, season with salt and black pepper, and cook, until golden brown on all sides and just cooked through.. Remove to a plate and set aside. Add the shallots to the drippings in the skillet. Cook and stir until softened. Stir in the sun dried tomatoes, cream, wine and tomato paste. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and cook, stirring occasionally until thickened. Stir in the basil. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed. Stir in the chicken and heat through.

Cook the spaghetti until al dente, according to the package directions, about 10 minutes. Drain well, reserving some of the pasta water. Stir the pasta into the sauce, adding some of the pasta water to thin if necessary. Serve immediately.


10 comments

  1. hey this is just so delicious...with my home made sundried tomatoes n home grown basil i can make this any time.........n i know this is a signature dish as you said so rightly..

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  2. I bet that's delicious, Marie. Merry Christmas!

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  3. How do you do it every day? Post things that are so delicious I just want to pull out all my pots and pans and get going--at midnight?!

    Roger (my husband) is VERY anxious for this one! Just the thing for him! Who cares about the extra calories when these ingredients are combined? Not me!!!

    Lots of hugs sent to you from the Campbell home--see you tomorrow!

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  4. Looks like a great one. I've been looking through your recipes and decided I must try some out, thanks so much for sharing them. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, safe and warm out of the snow! x

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  5. Marie, my boyfriend would go crazy for this. I love French and Italian flavours after turkey excess so this looks like a good one to save for next week.

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  6. Sounds delicious, one to save.

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  7. Is 10pm too late to be inviting the neighbours in for a bite to eat................?

    love, Angie

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  8. Your recipes are so yummy looking...all of them! I have to try this one, and all the others too! Your blog is just wonderful, thank you! Hugs, ;)

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  9. This looks sensational. I'm going to save this recipe for January and use it to break my planned New Year's resolution to eat lighter.

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