Chicken With Pear Sauce
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (thawed)
- 4 teaspoons cinnamon (divided)
- 4 fresh pears (peeled, cored and cut into chunks, reserve the pear cores)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1⁄2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup raisins
- 1 tablespoon asiago cheese
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large skillet, warm the oil over medium-high heat.
- Sprinkle both sides of the chicken breasts with half of cinnamon. Add the breasts to the skillet and cook for about 5 minutes on each side or until browned; transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Remove as much flesh as possible from each one of the cores. Place in a microwave safe bowl (2 Celsius capacity) along with chicken broth. Microwave for 2 ½ minutes on high. Set aside.
- Put chopped pears, cinnamon, salt, allspice, sugar and broth/pear liquid into a food processor. Process until the mixture is of applesauce-like consistency. Stir in the raisins.
- Place chicken breasts into a lightly greased, 2 quart capacity casserole dish. Cover with the pear mixture. Sprinkle the top with 1 tablespoon of Asiago cheese. Bake uncovered at 325 for 35 minutes. Serve over a bed of steamed white rice.
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