PEACH N' JALAPENO CHICKEN

PEACH N' JALAPENO CHICKEN image

Yield 1-2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 medium size onion
1/2 Jalapeno Pepper (Bell or red pepper if you prefer a milder sauce)
3 ripe (juicy) peaches or nectarines
1/2 cup peach or orange marmalade
1/2 cup white wine or brandy
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup orange juice
2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped or minced
2 tablespoons olive or canola oil
1/2-3/4 cup fresh mint, lightly packed
3 tablespoons nutmeg
3 boneless, skinless chicken cutlets
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2easpoon lemon zest

Steps:

Heat 1 tablespoon oil on medium-heavy saucepan on medium high heat. Chop up onion as desired and 1/2 hot pepper into medium sized pieces and add onion and pepper to skillet carefully. Sautee until onions are translucent and peppers soft, about 5 minutes. Add 2 peaches, depitted and cut into medium-sized pieces, to skillet and stir in marmalade, coating entire mizture. Stir mixture and allow texture to form, about 2-3 minutes. Add wine or brandy and stir until liquid is reduced, about 2 minutes. Add broth and orange juice, chopped up mint and garlic and 1 tablespoon nutmeg. Stir, bring to boil, and reduce to medium heat. Simmer until mixture reaches sauce constistency, about 30-35 minutes. Meanwhile, pat chicken breasts dry and sprinkle with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and just a little cayenne pepper and rub it in on both sides. Heat 1-2 tbsp oil on a skillet and brown chicken, around 5 minutes each side, until center of chicken is just barely done. Remove chicken to plate and cover loosely with foil. When the sauce is reduced to around 1/2 cup liquid, add to the pan used for the chicken and deglaze, adding one more depitted and cut-up peach or nectarine and lemon zest. Add chicken to pan, coat with sauce, and simmer about 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper as desired and serve, garnished with mint, over bed of buttered rice seasoned with salt and pepper, nutmeg and a touch of cayenne pepper.