Chicken with basil

This is a simple chicken dish from France.  It makes an excellent supper or lunch dish.

Preparation Time: 5 Mins

Cooking Time: 20 Mins

Total Time: 25 Mins

Ingredients

For 2 servings…

2                    Chicken thighs         

                     Pepper      

                     Salt          

75 gms            Butter       

200 ml             Wine  - dry white     

1 tbs               Basil  - chopped       

Method

Season the chicken with salt and pepper, sauté it in one third of the butter until brown all over, cover the pan and continue to sauté until cooked through.  Take the chicken out of the pan and reserve it on a warm dish.

Deglaze the pan with the wine and add the basil.  Then whisk in the remaining butter and adjust the seasoning.  Pour this sauce over the chicken.

Variations

Other parts of a chicken other than thighs can be used, however, the cooking times may have to be

altered to ensure they are cooked through.

Wine recommendations

          A red or a white wine.

  Conventional

           Beaujolais

           Mâcon

  Interesting

           Côte Chalonnaise rouge or blanc

           Riesling