07 April 2012

Bare Bones White Wine Sauce

I've decided white wine sauce is my new favorite thing to put on EVERYTHING.  I've made the recipe as simple as possible.  I love that it's tangy and smooth.  It's not over powering and it's versatile.
This is for one serving

White Wine Sauce
1/2 C chicken broth
1/2 C white wine
splash of lemon juice
1 clove garlic minced
1 Tbl butter

Combine everything except the butter
Over high heat bring mixture to a rapid boil and reduce to about 1/4C of liquid
swirl butter in the sauce to make it silky and smooth
And your done.  Pour over chicken breast, pasta, vegetables, etc.

Note: if you're sauteing chicken breast you can make the sauce at the same time in the same pan.  Saute one side of the chicken like normal when you flip it add the liquid and garlic.

02 April 2012

Duck Breast with Red Wine Sauce

This was shockingly easy and very delicious.  My parents were in town this past weekend and I made some duck soup for them.  I pulled 2 of my Rouens from the freezer.  One of them had been very nicely plucked and there were no dark marks on the breast.  So, I cut those off and saved them. 
Tonight I sauteed them and drizzled them with red wine sauce.  You can make this as fancy or as simple as you'd like.  Since I'm eating alone tonight I went the simple route and served mine with ramen noodles and green beans.