Carrabba's Champagne Chicken

When I saw this dish on Steph’s site (Plain Chicken) it looked like one we would really enjoy.  I decided to do a search on it just to see if there were more variations and discovered there is a site devoted to Carraba’s copycat recipes - and I’m looking forward to trying others.  Below is the recipe from the copycat site. 

Carrabba's Champagne Chicken

Copycat Recipe - Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons butter

4 chicken cutlets

1/3 cup flour

2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

1/4 cup champagne (Dry)

2/3 cup heavy cream

pinch kosher Salt

pinch fresh ground black pepper

1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1/4 teaspoon tarragon

6 oz angel hair pasta, cooked and drained

Directions:

Mix together the flour, salt, pepper, and grated Parmesan. Rinse the chicken pieces in water. Dredge them thoroughly in the flour mixture, until well coated.

Heat olive oil and 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet on medium high heat. Add half of the chicken pieces, do not crowd the pan. Brown well on each side, about 3 minutes per side. 

Remove the chicken from the pan and reserve to a plate. Cook the other breasts in the same manner, remove from pan. Cover with aluminum foil and keep warm in the oven while you prepare the sauce.

Sauce: Add the champagne and mushrooms to the pan. Use a spatula to scrape up the browned bits. Reduce the sauce by half. 

Whisk in cream, kosher salt,  black pepper, red pepper flakes and tarragon.  Heat until sauce thickens to a creamy consistency.  Serve chicken and sauce over angel hair pasta (we topped with fresh grated Parmesan).

This is my shot and the one from the site.

We thought the dish was very good and a definite keeper with one caution – we like sauce and would make at least 50 percent more sauce than the recipe for four servings.  We made a double sauce recipe with even more mushrooms and used about half of it for the two of us - I added more to mine after the photo.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

1/5/16 meal date