Chicken Gorgonzola
a Jennifer original
1 TBSP vegetable or olive oil
2 boneless chicken breasts
1 shallot, minced
garlic, minced (to taste)
dried basil (to taste)
rosemary (to taste)
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 cup crimini mushrooms, sliced
1/3 cup sour cream
4 oz. gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
2 TBSP dijon mustard
Heat oil in frying pan over medium heat. Add shallot and garlic. Cook 1 minute. Add basil and rosemary. Place chicken in pan. Cook covered 7 minutes. Turn chicken, and cook another 7 minutes, covered. Remove chicken and keep warm.
Add chicken stock to same pan along with mushrooms. Deglaze and reduce liquid to 1/4 cup. Add sour cream, gorgonzola, and mustard. Cook until thick and smooth.
Notes: This recipe was actually originally crafted by combining four or five others that I found in various sources some months ago. But I always felt it was missing something. I'd made a note last time I attempted it (which was simply ages ago) to try adding a little dijon or maybe some mushrooms. I did both last week and it came out the best it's ever been. I think I'll keep it.
Posted by Jennifer at May 11, 2004 09:16 AMSince you know my feeling on mushrooms, and it seems like there are a lot in this recipe, how do you think it would be if they were left out? Or substituted with something else? Though I've no idea what.
Posted by: Julia at May 12, 2004 09:10 AMI think you could probably just leave them out if you'd rather. I hadn't included them before and it was fine. I just think they added a roastier sensibility to the sauce that rather appealed to me. Out of curiousity, is it how they taste or a consistency issue that bugs you - I can't recall.
Oh -- and I don't know what you count as a lot. That was about 4-5 crimini mushrooms, which are not large. They'd be easy to pick around, I think.
Posted by: Jennifer at May 12, 2004 09:34 AMA cup seems like a lot of mushrooms to me.
It's both, taste and consistency, that I don't like. I'm willing to try some mushrooms, but every time I do, I don't like them.
The only ones I will definitely eat are the kinds that come in good Chinese food. Straw mushrooms, I think?
Posted by: Julia at May 14, 2004 09:56 AMReally good!!! Try a couple sun dried tomatoes when you make the sauce, its yummy.
Posted by: Edison at September 7, 2004 08:31 PMexcellent. tossed the chicken and sauce with angel hair pasta. served with a simple salad and fresh bread. great recipe
Posted by: Elliot at February 16, 2007 09:49 PM