Chicken With Honey Beer Sauce

This is a very good recipe, especially considering how fast and easy it is. You could serve it with mashed potatoes and fresh asparagus for a quick and satisfying week night dinner. Beer gives tremendous flavour to this chicken and for best results, opt for an inexpensive, full-flavoured domestic beer.

 

Chicken With Honey Beer Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons canola or olive oil
• 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons thinly sliced shallots
• 1/2 cup beer
• 2 tablespoons lower-sodium soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon whole-grain Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

Method

1. Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
2. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat.
3. Sprinkle chicken evenly with pepper and salt.
4. Add chicken to pan; sauté 6 minutes on each side or until done.
5. Remove chicken from pan; keep warm.
6. Add shallots to pan; cook 1 minute or until translucent.
7. Combine beer, soy sauce, Dijon mustard and honey in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.
8. Add beer mixture to pan; bring to a boil, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
9. Cook 3 minutes or until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup.
10. Return chicken to pan; turn to coat with sauce.
11. Sprinkle evenly with parsley.

 

Serves 4 – Serving size: 1 breast half and 2 tablespoons sauce – Nutrition Per Serving
Calories: 245, Fat: 4g, Protein: 40g, Carbohydrate: 8g, Fibre: less than 1g