Best Chicken Chasseur Hunter Style Chicken With Creamy Polenta With Gruyere And Parmesan Recipes

CHICKEN CHASSEUR (HUNTER-STYLE CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Season chicken pieces on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a few tablespoons of clarified butter in a Dutch oven over high heat. Place chicken in skin side down and cook until golden brown. Turn the chicken over and brown the other side. Remove chicken to a baking sheet and bake in the oven until just cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes.
• Remove all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the pan. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and saute until golden brown. Add the shallots and cook for 30 seconds. Remove the pan from the heat and add the Cognac and cook until completely reduced. Add the wine and cook until completely reduced. Add the stock and tomato and bring to a simmer. Cook until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon ("nappe") and then swirl in the butter ("monter au beurre"). Once the butter is added, the sauce can not be further reduced because it will break. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the tarragon and chervil.
• Remove the chicken from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes. Remove the breastbone from the breast. Cut each breast into 2 even pieces on the bias. Cut the legs into 2 pieces at the joint and on the bias and remove the thighbones. Serve 1 leg piece and 1 breast piece. Make sure only 1 piece contains a bone. Serve on hot plates, napped with the sauce.

CHICKEN CHASSEUR RECIPE

Steps:

• Pat dry the chicken thighs with a paper towel. Sprinkle salt and freshly ground pepper over both sides of the thighs.
• In a large, heavy-bottom pot, add the tablespoon of olive oil. Warm over high heat. Carefully add the chicken thighs in, skin-side down. Cook over medium-high heat until nicely browned and golden. Flip over and cook the other side for another few minutes. Lower the heat to medium-low and remove the chicken from the pot; temporarily set the chicken aside on a large plate. Empty out the excess fat and oil from the pot.
• To the pot, add the unsalted butter and the all-purpose flour. Stir the two together to create a bubbly roux. Pour in the minced shallot and sauté for a minute. Pour in the white wine, and use a wooden spoon to scrape up the chicken bits that are stuck to the bottom of the pot and stir them into the shallots.
• Add the sliced mushrooms to the pot and sauté for a few minutes, until the mushrooms are softened. Add the tomato paste, and stir that into the mixture for a minute. Add the chicken thighs back into the pot (pouring any leftover juices on the plate in as well). Pour the chicken stock in with 1/2 a teaspoon of salt and a small pinch of freshly ground pepper.
• Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat, then reduce the temperature to medium-low and cover with a lid. Cook for another 20 to 30 minutes, or until the temperature inside the chicken is at least 165°F. Another way to test this is to poke a spoon into the chicken. If it easily goes in and the chicken feels very tender, it's ready.
• To create the mashed potatoes, cook the potatoes in a medium pot of water over medium-low heat. Once you can easily insert a fork into the potatoes and see the potatoes break apart as a result, drain the potatoes.
• Add the salt to the potatoes and use a potato masher to mash them up. Stream in milk 1 tablespoon at a time until the potatoes are as creamy as your prefer.
• To serve, scoop a heaping spoonful of mashed potatoes onto each plate, then top with one chicken thigh and some of the mushrooms. Pour the sauce over the chicken, then garnish with some fresh, chopped parsley.

CHICKEN BREASTS CHASSEUR (SUPREMES DE VOLAILLE CHASSEUR)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Season the chicken with the salt and pepper. Warm 1 teaspoon of the oil in a large nonstick saute pan over medium heat. Carefully, lay the chicken breasts, skin side down, in the pan. Sear for 3 minutes, or until the skin has nicely browned. Transfer the chicken, skin side up, to a nonstick jelly-roll pan. Reserve the saute pan.
• Bake the chicken for 20 minutes, or until the juices run clear when the chicken is pierced with a knife.
• While the chicken is cooking, remove most of the fat from the saute pan. Add the carrots and onions to the pan. Saute over medium heat for 3 minutes, or until the vegetables begin to caramelize. Add the stock and raise the heat to high. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until the liquid has reduced by half. Strain through a fine sieve into a small bowl; skim off any fat that rises to the surface.
• Warm the remaining 1 teaspoon oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and shallots. Saute for 5 minutes, or until the mushrooms are golden. Season with the salt. Remove the pan from the heat and add the cognac. Carefully ignite the cognac with a long match. Allow the flame to burn out, then add the wine. Return the pan to the heat.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the liquid has reduced by half. Add the reserved stock and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Stir in the tarragon. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
• Remove the skin from the chicken breasts. Carefully cut the breast meat from the breast bone and then cut each breast, on the diagonal, into 2 pieces. Place a divided chicken in the center of each of 4 warm dinner plates.