Best Smothered Rabbit With Tarragon Sauce Chicken Recipes

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TARRAGON-SHALLOT BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat. Pat the chicken dry and season both sides with salt and pepper. Lay the breasts smooth-side down in the skillet and cook, turning once, until golden on both sides, about 8 minutes total. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until just cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes more.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the green beans and cook about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, add 1/4 cup water then cover and cook until the beans are tender, about 3 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix the butter, tarragon, lemon juice and shallot in a small bowl until well combined; season with salt and pepper.
• Top each chicken breast with a dollop of the butter mixture and serve with the green beans and lemon wedges.

CHICKEN TARRAGON

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with paprika. In a large skillet, brown chicken in 2 teaspoons butter. Place the vegetables in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Top with chicken. , Melt the remaining butter; stir in the tarragon, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pour over chicken and vegetables. Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until chicken juices run clear and vegetables are tender.

CHICKEN WITH TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• Pound chicken breasts with a meat mallet to 1/2-in. thickness. Sprinkle chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper., In a large skillet, heat butter and oil over medium heat. Add chicken; cook 4-5 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. Remove chicken from pan; keep warm., Add shallot to same pan; cook and stir over medium heat until tender. Add cream, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Increase heat to medium-high; cook until slightly thickened. Stir in 2 teaspoons tarragon, lemon juice and remaining salt. Serve with chicken. Sprinkle with remaining tarragon.

RABBIT WITH TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the flour, tarragon, salt& pepper in a zip lock bag and mix well.
• Add the rabbit piece by piece, shake well to lightly coat each piece.
• Melt butter in a large skillet, add oil.
• Saute the rabbit pieces until golden.
• Remove apprx 1/2 of the butter/oil so your sauce will not have too much grease.
• Add chicken broth.
• Simmer rabbit apprx 60 minutes.
• Cover for half the time uncover the last 30 minutes.
• If you wish you may thicken the sauce with a little flour.

SMOTHERED RABBIT /CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. mix marinade in ziplock bag. wash meat and put in bag,seal bag and rub meat with marinade,lay flat on a cookie sheet refrigerate.turn bag often
• 2. when ready to cook your meat,take meat out of bag and rinse thoroughly.rinse the onion,set aside.
• 3. mix flour,paprika,salt in ziplock bag or bowl dredge chicken in flour mix shaking off extra flour.
• 4. in large skillet,heat butter and oil on med. high until sizzling do not burn. add meat, turn down to med. let cook for 10 min, each side, add more butter and oil if needed,your meat should be golden on both sides.
• 5. if there more than about 2 tablespoons of oil/butter left in pan drain off. now pour your chicken broth over meat add your rinsed onion from your marinade, add bouillon
• 6. let simmer on med.low for and 1 - 1 1/2 hours, all depends on how big your pieces are. DO NOT COVER.
• 7. This makes a gravy out of this world. I serve with mashed potatoes or rice and buttermilk biscuits,and a green veg. or fresh salad

RABBIT WITH TARRAGON AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Salt and pepper the rabbit generously. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the rabbit. When it starts to brown, add the butter, lower the heat and brown on all sides for 10 minutes, shaking the pan often to avoid sticking. With a slotted spoon, remove the rabbit from the pan and reserve.
• Pour all the fat from the pan and pat it dry with a paper towel. Add the tarragon vinegar, stirring to detach any fond stuck to the bottom of the pan, and place over high heat. Boil the vinegar for about 30 seconds, or until it has almost completely evaporated, then add the tomatoes and the bunch of tarragon stems (reserve the leaves for later), and cook slowly for four minutes. Add the cream, salt and pepper; then add the rabbit, cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place the cloves of garlic in a small saucepan, add the milk, and bring to a boil. Simmer gently for four minutes and drain.
• Heat the butter in a small frying pan, add the garlic, salt, pepper and sugar. Cook over very low heat 15 minutes, stirring often, to color and caramelize the garlic on all sides without burning.
• Lift the pieces of rabbit out of the sauce with a slotted spoon and place them on a plate. Measure the sauce; if there is more than one-and-two-thirds cups, boil it to reduce to that amount, then strain it into a clean frying pan. Correct seasoning and heat the rabbit in the sauce.
• Place the rabbit on a serving platter, spoon the sauce over it and sprinkle with the freshly chopped tarragon. Place the caramelized cloves of garlic around the rabbit and serve.

SMOTHERED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion and mushrooms in butter 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender and beginning to brown. Stir in sugar. Cook about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are very brown.
• Stir gravy and sherry into vegetables. Add chicken to skillet; spoon sauce over chicken.
• Cover; cook 5 to 10 minutes, turning chicken after half the cooking time, until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with parsley.