Chicken Saltimbocca

Looking for an easy, quick delicious chicken recipe?  Look no further.  This recipe has it all!  It’s easy, quick and melt in your mouth delicious!  This deliciousness from Williams-Sonoma is found here! (By the way, we weren’t able to finish that huge portion!)

Chicken Saltimbocca

Chicken breasts replace traditional veal in this quick Italian sauté, but the mouth-watering addition of prosciutto stays the same and makes the dish practically irresistible (saltimbocca means “jump into the mouth”). Two places in Italy are famed for their prosciutto: the province of Parma, near Bologna, and the northeastern region of Friuli. The celebrated salted and air-cured ham is made elsewhere both in and outside of Italy, but prosciutto di Parma and Friuli’s prosciutto di San Daniele are widely recognized as the country’s finest. This recipe is from the Williams-Sonoma Collection Series.

Ingredients:

  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves,
      each about 6 oz., lightly pounded to an even
      thickness
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbs. unsalted butter
  • 1 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tsp. chopped fresh sage or 1 tsp. dried sage,
      plus 4 sage leaves for garnish (optional)
  • 2 large slices prosciutto, not paper-thin,
      trimmed to fit chicken breasts
  • 1/4 lb. fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced and
      trimmed to fit chicken breasts
  • 3/4 cup dry white wine such as Pinot Grigio or
      Sauvignon Blanc

Directions:

Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Spread the flour on a plate and dredge each breast, coating evenly and shaking off the excess. Set aside.In a large fry pan or sauté pan over medium-high heat, melt 1 Tbs. of the butter with the olive oil until very hot. Add the chicken breasts and cook until the undersides are golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes. Turn the chicken breasts over and continue to cook until they feel firm when pressed in the centers, 4 to 6 minutes more.Reduce the heat to very low. Sprinkle the breasts evenly with the chopped or dried sage. Top each breast with a piece of prosciutto, then divide the cheese slices evenly among the breasts. Cover the pan tightly and cook until the cheese is melted, about 1 1/2 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and tent with aluminum foil, being careful not to allow the foil to touch the cheese.Increase the heat to high. When the pan is sizzling, add the wine and deglaze the pan, stirring to scrape up any browned bits stuck on the pan bottom. Boil until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the remaining 1 Tbs. butter.Spoon an equal amount of the sauce over each breast, then garnish with a sage leaf. Serve immediately.
Serves 4.
Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Collection Series, Chicken, by Rick Rodgers (Simon & Schuster, 2001).
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