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Roasted Chicken Breast and Vegetables with Prunes

3.9

(16)

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 2

Ingredients

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 whole chicken breast, split
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
2 carrots, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 onion, cut into 1/2-inch wedges
three 1/4-inch-thick lemon slices
6 pitted prunes
2/3 cup low-salt chicken broth
2 tablespoons dry white wine
1 1/2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley leaves
Garnish: parsley sprigs

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put butter in small flameproof roasting pan and put pan in oven. Preheat oven to 450°F.

    Step 2

    Pat chicken dry and sprinkle with thyme and salt and pepper to taste. Put chicken, skin sides down, in hot butter and arrange carrots, onion, and lemon around chicken. Season vegetables with salt.

    Step 3

    Roast chicken and vegetables 10 minutes. Turn chicken sides up and put 3 prunes under each half. Roast chicken and vegetables, stirring vegetables once halfway through cooking time, 15 minutes more, or until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Remove pan from oven and with slotted spoon transfer chicken, vegetables, lemon, and prunes to a platter.

    Step 4

    In measuring cup or small bowl stir together broth, wine, flour, and parsley. Add mixture to pan and broil over high heat, stirring and scraping up browned bits, 1 minute, or until thickened slightly.

    Step 5

    Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables and garnish with parsley sprigs.

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