Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Tomato-Olive-Butter Sauce

"An easy, tasty chicken dish with Mediterranean accents."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
17
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • For chicken: Mix oregano, garlic powder, cayenne and black pepper in a small bowl.
  • Rub spice mixture on both sides of chicken breasts.
  • Cover and let stand 30 minutes.
  • Melt butter with olive oil in large skillet over high heat.
  • Add chicken and saute until golden-brown and just springy to touch, about 5 minutes per side.
  • Transfer chicken to large platter, tent with foil to keep warm.
  • For sauce: Melt 3 tblsps butter in medium skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Add onion and saute until softened, about 5 minutes.
  • Add garlic and tomatoes and saute 2 minutes.
  • Add stock and olives and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
  • Pour any juices accumulated in platter with chicken into sauce.
  • Mix in chilled butter, a bit at a time, whisking, just until blended into sauce and sauce is glossy.
  • Season.
  • Spoon over chicken,.

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  1. Yum! This was sooo good! I had a difficult time though with the sauce separating, just couldn't get that butter swirled in without it breaking. That is definitely not the recipe's fault-that's the cook. Practice makes perfect... Next time I would double up on the rub ingredients. It was fantastic and I'd like to have a lot more of it on my chicken.
     
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