Daiquiri Chicken

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons minced shallots
• 1/2 cup unsalted chicken stock
• 1/4 cup red currant jelly
• 3 tablespoons bacardi 151 rum
• 1/2 cup hulled and quartered strawberry
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh sweet thai basil
• cooked jasmine rice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 place the chicken breasts in a large ziploc bag and lightly pound to flatten to about 1/2-inch.
• 3 combine the flour, salt, and pepper; dredge the breasts in the mixture.
• 4 melt together the butter and oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and brown the chicken on both sides; transfer to an oven-proof dish and finish cooking in the oven (about 15-18 minutes).
• 5 meanwhile, add the shallots to the skillet and sauté for 1 minute.
• 6 add the chicken broth and deglaze the skillet.
• 7 add the red currant jelly, quartered strawberries, and chopped basil and reduce to half; add the rum and flame it.
• 8 then return the fully-cooked chicken to the skillet and simmer for 3 minutes.
• 9 serve breasts with sauce over fragrant cooked jasmine rice.
• 10 makes 2 servings.