In this quick version of Chicken Florentine, we are taking all of those elements, but simplifying. The end result is a delicious creamy sauce over lightly fried chicken (without the heavy breading) and some spinach. We serve ours over linguine and everyone in our family adores this meal. Most packages of chicken these days will give you two large breasts that together equal one pound. This is perfect to cut into four cutlets for meals like this. The one thing I want you to keep in mind is to season the chicken with salt and pepper before dredging. If you season after you dredge, the seasoning won’t stick. In this recipe, we are adding white wine first instead of milk. This is a great way to deglaze the pan and also start the roux. You want to add it slowly, but not quite as slowly as we do when we are adding milk to a roux. Then add in the chicken stock and finally the milk. We will get all the creaminess of using a roux plus all the flavor of deglazing the pan. A block of Parmesan cheese keeps for some time in the refrigerator. It is perfect on pasta, but it is also the backbone of my Alfredo sauce, another great recipe for you to try. When you are cooking with wine there are a few things that you want to keep in mind.
There is no need to break the bank. A less expensive wine will lead to just as delicious of a dish as a more expensive bottle.Use something you would drink. The flavor will intensify after cooking, so you want it to be something you like to begin with.Skip things labeled “cooking wine.” See my reasoning in the point above.Consider buying four small bottles of white wine that come in a pack. If you aren’t a wine drinker you aren’t opening a bottle for one recipe. The other three bottles will be waiting for the next time you want to make this.It takes three hours for alcohol to cook off of a recipe. Obviously that is not happening here. If you are cooking for someone who is sober, I encourage you to ask them what they would like you to do.
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