Chicken with Mushroom

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breast fillets
• Salt and black pepper
• 25g butter
• 4 spring onions, chopped
• 4 cardamom pods, peeled and crushed
• 120g mushrooms
• 150ml chicken stock
• 150ml cream
• Marjoram, chopped

Preparation/Cooking Steps

• Heat half the butter in a large heavy bottomed pan, place chicken breast in pan with crushed cardamom pods. Turn chicken breasts in the butter. Cover with lid and cook for 5 – 7 minutes until fully cooked.
• Sweat the spring onions gently in a pan with remaining butter, increase the heat and add mushrooms, season with salt and black pepper and cook for 3 – 4 minutes.
• Add chicken stock and cream; reduce by one third over a medium heat until sauce thickens. Add the chicken breasts, mushrooms and spring onions to sauce. Add chopped marjoram and simmer for 1 -2 minutes. Taste and correct the seasoning.
• Serve with freshly cooked rice or pasta.

Butheina Al-Nounou