I made arrangements after much discussion to cook with a co-worker.
We would have never probably spoken to one another if it wasn't for our shared love of cooking. Cooking can truly be a great bonding moment and bring people together.
I arrived at her house on friday afternoon at 4pm and we discussed shopping and the menu.
We planned to make two soups, sadly not pictures, a chili variation of both of ours, and chicken soup, as well as for a main dish, Chicken Picatta shown here. We ventured to Market Basket, a great value super market and stuck strong to our list.
With very little distraction and ventured into a new friendship and cooking experience.
Our chickne picatta and fresh angel hair pasta and spinach is as follows:
4 Chicken breasts filleted and beaten flat.
lemon juice, and zest of 1.5 lemons and use half of 2nd lemon to garnish on table.
2 cups of chicken broth
a pour or white wine
3 tablespoons of parsley (finely chopped)
4 cloves of garlic (chopped)
1 shallot
2 eggs
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
bread crumbs
a stick of butter
EVOO
Mushrooms
4 tablespoons of capers
Heat oven on 200 degrees to keep chicken warm while you prepare sauce and pasta and spinach.
Soak chicken cutlets in egg with dijon mustard, salt and pepper for seasoning for 15 minutes. Dredge chicken in bread crumbs and place in olive oil and butter to medium heat on skillet and fry chicken for 5 minutes each side.
Place chicken on foil covered baking sheet to rest in oven after on 200 degrees.
After frying chicken saute mushrooms in the same pan, get a nice color on them and then add chicken broth, lemon, garlic, shallots, parsley, capers, 1.5 stick of butter, white wine, and lemon zest and let simmer for 4 t0 5 minutes until thickened.
In the mean time:
bring another pan of olive oil on med.high heat and place baby fresh spinach in pan with 2 cloves of chopped garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Saute till spinach wilts.
Boil water, place fresh angel hair for 60 seconds in pot with a dash of extra virgin olive oil.
Drain pasta and place on platter. Align chicken. Place spinach on sides of dish. Pour sauce over chicken and pasta and leave extra sauce for additional glazing for saucy preference. Enjoy with some white wine.
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