Chicken for dinner. What else?

Should have called my blog, 1001 ways to make chicken cutlets! Found another great way! Good thing we really like chicken. This one is from epicurious, called Chicken Louisa.

The recipe called for Roma tomatoes and I found some baby Roma's at the grocery store!  Come summer, hopefully I'll have my own homegrown baby Roma's, but if you find these, try them, they're very good. Very sweet and they're also excellent roasted.

Chicken Louisa, served with brown rice and baby bok choy, sauteed with shallots and garlic! and not one bit of a screw up with this one. Finally. No smoke alarm, no deleted pictures, it all went perfectly smooth! Another keeper!

Chicken Louisa
adapted
Source: Gourmet - June 2000, recipe by Peter Micheli
Printable Recipe

4 chicken cutlets, pounded thin
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 medium shallot, sliced thin
1/2 cup dry vermouth (or use dry white wine)
3/4 cup heavy cream
4 or 5 plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh tarragon
1/2 extra-large chicken-bouillon cube, crumbled

Garnish: chopped fresh chives

Season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil and butter in a large heavy skillet over moderately high heat until the foam subsides. Brown chicken on both sides in 2 batches, about 3 minutes per batch. Transfer chicken to a plate and keep warm.

Add shallot to skillet and saute, stirring, until tender, about a minute. Add the vermouth and boil over high heat, scraping up brown bits, until reduced by half. Stir in cream, tomatoes, tarragon, and bouillon cube, then simmer, stirring, until tomatoes are softened and sauce begins to thicken, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Return chicken, with any juices accumulated on plate, to skillet and simmer until cooked through, about 5 minutes.

Serve immediately.

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