Champagne Chicken

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 6 tablespoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• ground pepper, as you like
• 1/4 cup butter, divided
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 cup shallot, diced
• 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
• 3/4 cup chicken stock
• 3/4 cup champagne
• 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
• chives, chopped

Recipe

• 1 pound chicken breasts to even thickness. sprinkle with 1/2t lemon juice and pepper to your liking.
• 2 melt 2t butter and olive oil. saute chicken. about 2 minute on each side until nicely browned. remove from pan.
• 3 in the same pan, melt 2t butter and saute shallots until translucent. add garlic, scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan.
• 4 pur in chicken stock, champagne and remainder lemon juice. bring to a boil and reduce to thin glaze. add cream and boil for 6 minute until thick.
• 5 return chicken to pan and heat through. sprinkle with chopped chives.
• 6 serve with rice, wild rice or spinach fettecini.