Best Chicken Calvados Recipes

CHICKEN CALVADOS

Steps:

• Combine flour and seasoned salt in a wide, shallow dish. Coat the chicken breasts in the seasoned flour. Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in the butter, about 3 minutes on each side. Transfer chicken to a plate and tent with foil.
• Combine the onions, mushrooms, and apples in the skillet. Cook and stir until the apples are just tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the brandy, thyme, salt, and pepper; bring to a simmer. Return chicken to the pan; cook, uncovered, about 10 minutes. Stir in cream, and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes.

CHICKEN CALVADOS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the salt, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, & nutmeg. Rub into the chicken.
• In a large nonsick skillet, heat oil. Saute chicken until browned, about 3 minutes on each side. Transfer to a plate.
• In the same skillet saute the onions until softened, about minutes. Stir in the apples & cook, turning occassionally, until golden brown & tender, 3-5mins. Stir in the cider/juice; bring to a boil.
• Return the chicken to the skillet & cook, turning as needed, until cooked through about 5 minutes longer. TRansfer to a platter.
• Stir in the calvados into the skillet, cok until the apples and onions are glazed and the liquied is thickened, about 3 minutes.
• Serve the chicken, topped with the apple mixture.

CHICKEN BREASTS CALVADOS (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Spread apples in the bottom of a slow cooker.
• Arrange chicken, overlapping pieces slightly, on top of apples.
• Sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• Pour in brandy.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours.
• Using a slotted spoon, lift chicken and apples to a small baking dish.
• Pour cooking liquid into a small pan and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring often until liquid reduces (8 minutes).
• Pour liquid over chicken.
• Cover each chicken piece with a slice of cheese and broil in oven until cheese is bubbly (2 minutes).
• Sprinkle with parsley.

CHICKEN, APPLE, AND CALVADOS SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Immerse pork casing in a large bowl of cold water; refrigerate overnight.
• Hold one end of each piece of casing up to the nozzle of the faucet and support it with your other hand; run cold water through the soaked casings to check for holes and begin to open it out, so it will be easier to stuff. If there are any holes in the casing, cut out that piece. Keep casings in a bowl of cold water until ready to stuff.
• Transfer chicken and pork to freezer until exterior of the meat is brittle and hard on the outside but still soft in the middle, 30 to 60 minutes. Do not freeze solid. This is called open-freezing. (It is not necessary to distribute the meat evenly so it's not touching other pieces; the meat on top will freeze first, and that will be enough to lower the temperature for the whole batch.) When making sausage, meat must stay at or below 45 degrees at all times during the process. The ideal temperature is 38 degrees.
• Make sure all equipment is very clean and place in refrigerator or freezer to chill. This should include bowls, grinding equipment, and stuffer.
• Cut meat into cubes that are smaller than the opening of the meat grinder (about 1-inch cubes). Open-freeze meat, 30 to 60 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, mix together salt, thyme, sage, parsley, pepper, fenugreek, and red-pepper flakes; set aside.
• Fit clean, chilled grinder with a medium clean, chilled die. Grind meat, starting with pork. Start rotor, and, without using the supplied pusher, let rotor grab each cube of meat and bring it forward toward the blade and through the grinding plate. Continue grinding until both the pork and chicken are ground. Transfer to a clean, cold, nonreactive bowl and open-freeze until surface is crunchy, 30 to 60 minutes.
• Whisk apple, ice water, calvados, and honey into salt mixture until well blended and dry ingredients have dissolved; set aside.
• In a large, wide basin or bowl, combine cold meat with the apple mixture. Using very clean hands, begin kneading and turning the mixture as you would a large quantity of bread dough. Mixture should become creamy, caused by the warmth of your hands; this indicates that the mixing process is finished. Remove a few tablespoons of meat mixture and set aside. Transfer remaining meat mixture to refrigerator.
• Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium heat; add reserved tablespoons of meat mixture to skillet and cook until cooked through. Taste, and adjust seasoning in remaining meat mixture as necessary.
• Prepare a very clean sausage stuffer. Place bowl of casings, in water, next to stuffer. Line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
• Working in batches, transfer sausage mixture to the hopper of the sausage stuffer, compacting it very lightly with a spatula to be sure there are no air pockets; cover with lid. Thread a length of casing all the way into the stuffing horn and start cranking, just to move a little sausage into the casing. Stop, and crank backwards slightly to stop the forward movement. Pinch the casing just where the meat starts, to exclude all the air; tie in a knot.
• Start cranking again with one hand while you support the emerging sausage with the other. Move the casing out slowly to allow it to fill fully, but not too tightly; there should be some give in the sausage when it comes to tie the links. When you get close to the end, leave 6 inches of unstuffed casing and stop cranking.
• Working from the original knot, measure 4 inches of sausage. Pinch sausage firmly to form your first link; twist forward about seven rotations. Move another 4 inches down sausage; pinch but do not twist. Repeat process as you move down sausage, alternating pinch-and-twist links with pinch-only links. Twist the open end right at the surface of the sausage to seal off entire coil. Repeat entire process with remaining sausage mixture and casing.
• Cook immediately or hang or place sausages on parchment paper-lined baking sheets in refrigerator overnight covered with plastic wrap. Cut between each link before cooking. Do not prick sausage before cooking; cook slowly and gently to prevent bursting. Only prick if you see air holes.

CHICKEN WITH CREAM, APPLES AND CALVADOS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown the bacon in oil. Drain on absorbing paper. Set aside.
• In the same skillet, brown the chicken on each side. Add oil if needed. Add salt and pepper. Set aside on a plate.
• In the same skillet, brown the apples and shallots at high heat. Add salt and pepper. Deglaze with calvados. Let reduce 1 minute. Add chicken, cream and sage. Bring to boil. Cover and let simmer slowly about 1 hour at low heat, stirring frequently. Adjust seasoning. Serve on pasta and sprinkle with bacon.

APPLE & CALVADOS CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• Melt half the margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Mix together the apples and sugar and place them in the skillet. Allow the apples to begin caramelizing - do not stir for the first few minutes Once the apples are soft and brown, place them in a bowl and set aside. Melt the other half of the margarine in the skillet and add the shallots, with a pinch of salt and pepper - cook until they are soft and translucent. Add the chicken livers, season with salt and pepper and allow them to cook for a few minutes until the outside is firm but the interior is still red. Remove the skillet from the heat and add the Calvados (please be very careful and keep the skillet away from your face as the alcohol may flame up). Return the skillet to the stove and scrape the bottom of the pan to lift the flavor from any brown bits. Add the cayenne and lemon juice and continue to cook the livers through until the liquid reduces and the interior of the livers is slightly pink (use a scissor or knife to cut a piece open to check). Pour all the contents of the skillet into a blender, allow to cool. Add the apples to the blender and puree the mixture until it is completely smooth. Taste the mixture and, if needed, adjust the seasonings (i.e. add salt and pepper, add cayenne if you like it spicier, add more Calvados if you'd like it a little sweeter and add more lemon juice to balance the acidity). Store the mixture in your serving bowl and place in the refrigerator overnight to allow the mixture to firm up and develop its flavors. Serve at room temperature with toasted slices of baguette or crackers.

POULET AU CIDRE (CHICKEN IN CIDER AND CALVADOS)

Steps:

• Peel and core apples. Finely chop half of one apple and cut the rest into 12 wedges. Toss the apple in lemon juice.
• Heat half the butter in large frying pan. Add the chicken pieces, skin side down, and cook until golden. Turn chicken over and cook another 5 minutes. Remove the chicken and pour off fat.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in the same pan and add onion, celery and chopped apple. Fry over moderate heat for 5 minutes without browning.
• Remove from heat. Sprinkle flour into mixture and stir. Add Calvados and return to heat. Gradually stir in cider. Bring to a boil, return chicken to pan, cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
• Heat remaining butter in small frying pan. Add apple wedges and fry over moderate heat until browned and tender. Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Remove the chicken pieces from the pan to a platter and keep warm. Skim excess fat from cooking liquid. Add creme fraiche, bring just to a boil and simmer 4 minutes, until it thickens enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Season with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over chicken and serve with warm apple wedges.

CHICKEN WITH TARRAGON & CALVADOS

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Melt 3 tablespoons butter over high heat and add chicken, skin side down. Cook until golden brown, then turn.
• Sprinkle with half the tarragon and ALL of the shallots. Cover and cook on low heat for 15 minutes.
• Uncover and sprinkle with the white wine. Recover and cook on low for another 15 minutes. Remove chicken from pan and keep covered while making the sauce.
• Add 1 cup of the cream to the skillet. Stir well. Blend the flour with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and add it, a little at a time, to the simmering sauce. Add just enough to make the desired consistency. Cook five minutes, then stir in the Calvados or applejack, and add the remaining cream.
• Put the chicken back into the pan, spooning the sauce over to warm it up. Spinkle with the remaining tarragon and serve immediately.