Chicken escalopes with braised fennel

Quick-cooking chicken escalopes are perfect paired with braised fennel and rosemary. They are so easy to prepare and are so yummy your guests will be coming back for more.

Ingredients

  • 3 chicken breast fillet

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 2 bulb fennel

  • 2 sprig fresh rosemary

  • ½ cup dry white wine

  • ½ cup chicken stock

    liquid

  • baby spinach

    to serve

Equipment

  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 knife
  • 1 large saute pan or frypan with a lid

Instructions

  1. Cut chicken into escalopes by placing on a board and pressing down with your hand. Keeping the knife parallel to the board, slice chicken.
  2. Heat oil in a large saute pan or frypan with a lid. Season chicken well and brown for 1-2 minutes each side. Remove to a plate.
  3. Add fennel and rosemary to pan and stir for 1 minute. Add wine and stock, cover with a lid and cook for a further 3-4 minutes until fennel is tender.
  4. Return chicken to pan and cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Serve fennel and chicken on a bed of spinach leaves.

Notes

Tip
Serve with a green salad and crusty bread.
Tip
If chicken breasts are extra large, you could bash the pieces out between two pieces of baking paper to make them thinner.

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