Chicken Scaloppine With Saffron Cream Sauce - Giada

"The saffron cream sauce makes this easy -to -make chicken scallopine dish very special. This dish is from Everyday Italian with Giada De Laurentis."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Warm the olive oil in a large skillet, over high heat. Season the chicken cutlets with salt and pepper. Cook the chicken until golden and cooked through, about 2 to 3 minutes per side.
  • Transfer the chicken to serving plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
  • Turn the heat to medium, add the shallots and the garlic and cook until tender, about 2 minutes.
  • Deglaze the pan with the white wine. Using a wooden spoon,scrape all the brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook until the wine is almost evaporated.
  • Add the chicken broth and saffron threads, bring to a simmer and reduce for 10 minutes. Add the cream, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine and simmer for 1 minute to blend the flavors.
  • Pour the sauce over the chicken. Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.

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Reviews

  1. This chicken dish was easy to prepare. I used two large chicken breasts, pounded thinner, and cooked the chicken for about 8 minutes per side. Other than that, I made no modifications to the recipe. We liked it, but found it to be way too salty (and I like food salty!). The recipe did not say to use low sodium or sodium-free chicken broth, so I used regular broth and I added the 3/4 tsp salt (in addition to salting and peppering the chicken breasts). I would say that future chefs will want to use regular chicken broth and omit the 3/4 tsp of salt. I served with a side of asparagus, which complimented nicely.
     
  2. A little salty for our taste, next time will reduce the amount. Apart from that - yum!
     
  3. I ordered saffron online so I could try it out finally, been curious forever about the taste. You'r recipe post is the one that I decided to try. I was not disappointed. I didn't think it was too salty, in fact I added extra salt at the table, but I am a terrible salt-a-holic! I thought the sauce was a bit thin, but very good! I will make this again. Thanks for posting this recipe CarolAT!
     
  4. Amazing flavor if followed correctly. It was my first time making it, and it turned out great!! I used Sherry instead of the white wine.
     
  5. A delicate, colorful sauce which would also be great with scallops, shrimp or fish. Thank you.
     
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