Chicken With Peaches and Basil

Name: Chicken With Peaches and Basil
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 26 min
Total time: 41 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 ripe peaches or 2 nectarines; 1 small onion, chopped; 1 garlic clove, smashed; 3/4 cup chicken stock; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped

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Submitted by Derf2440

"This is wonderful when peaches are fresh and in season, but canned peaches can be used when necessary."

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Ready In:: 41mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 4

ingredients

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon pepper
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 ripe peaches or 2 nectarines
1 small onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, smashed
³⁄₄ cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¹⁄₄ cup fresh basil, chopped

directions

In a shallow dish, combine flour and half of the salt and pepper, set aside 2 teaspoons for sauce.
In remaining flour mixture, coat chicken well; shake of excess.
In a large frypan, heat oil over medium heat; cook chicken, turning once, for 15 to 20 minutes or until no longer pink inside.
Transfer to plate and keep warm.
Meanwhile, peel and pit peaches; cut into wedges.
Add onion, garlic and reserved flour mixture to skillet; cook, stirring for 3 minutes.
Pour in stock and lemon juice; bring to boil, stirring to scrape up any brown bits from bottom of pan.
Add peaches; reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring for 3 minutes.
Stir in basil and remaining salt and pepper.
Pour over chicken to serve.

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Reviews

So Good!! I used a nectarine and was to lazy to skin it. I cut the recipe in half for 2 people but next time I will just reduce the amount of chicken but keep the sauce the same as the sauce is incredible! So flavourful! I also added a few snow peas to mine and served with pasta. This is a keeper!

dale7793
Wow! This is a great recipe. The chicken came out very moist and tender and the sauce was very flavorful. The peaches and the basil together with the peppery sauce were really excellent. A great choice for company. The recipe was very clear and accurate as well.

HeatherFeather
I love this recipe! The only changes I made was to pound out the chicken,add extra garlic and I used 1 1/2 cups of chicken stock thickened with a corn starch slurry. I have made this recipe atleast 6 times, I am surprised I never rated it before. Great summer meal! thanks a bunch!!

LaniePie
We loved this dish! I did use thighs as that is what was out of the freezer. No complaints from any of our 4 children or my even pickier hubby ;)

Sara L.
I followed the advice of other reviewers and I added a little brown sugar to balance the pepper. I also did not coat the chicken. I used 2 tsp. cornstarch to thicken the sauce instead. The resulting dish was very good served over rice. Thank you, Derf, for a lovely recipe.

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Tweaks

Yum! I made this recipe with canned peaches and chicken thighs instead of breasts and served it over Risotto. I will try it with fresh peaches in the summer. This is a good, easy meal to serve to friends.

Natalia 3

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