MAIN DISHES- POULTRY:
Chicken Paillard with Fresh Fig Salad
and Blue Cheese

 

Chicken Paillard with Fresh Fig Salad
and Blue Cheese

 

Quick, easy and delicious...
 

 

 

VINAIGRETTE:

 

3 Tbs 

 

honey

 

¼ cup 

 

extra-virgin olive oil

 

1 medium 

 

shallot, chopped

 

1 Tbs 

 

sherry vinegar

 

½ medium 

 

lemon, juiced

 

1 tsp 

 

chopped fresh tarragon

 

 

 

kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
 

 

 

 

CHICKEN:

 

4 boneless 

 

skinless chicken breasts (about 1½ lbs.)

 

 

 

kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

 

½ lb 

 

pancetta

 

 

 

extra virgin olive oil

 

¼ lb 

 

blue cheese, broken into hunks

 

1 bunch 

 

arugula, trimmed

 

1 small 

 

basket seasonal figs, halved

 

 

 

tarragon leaves for garnish, if desired

 

 

1

Prepare vinaigrette: Whisk together all of the ingredients for the vinaigrette in a small bowl and set aside.

2

Prepare chicken: Sandwich chicken breasts between 2 layers of plastic wrap and pound them very thin with the side of a meat cleaver or a rolling pin. Remove chicken from plastic wrap and season well on both sides with salt and pepper.

3

Heat a large sauté pan over medium heat. Unroll the pancetta so it looks like big strips of bacon. Add it to the pan and fry it like a tangle of bacon until the fat is rendered, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

4

Drizzle a 2-count of olive oil into the pan with the pancetta drippings. Add the chicken and pan-fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side to brown the breasts and cook them through. Use a spatula to remove the chicken to the paper towels with the pancetta. Add the vinaigrette to the sauté pan and heat for a few minutes, stirring, to deglaze the bits of pancetta and chicken from the bottom of the pan; take the pan off the heat.

5

To serve, arrange the chicken on a platter. Scatter the blue cheese, arugula, figs, and pancetta over. Drizzle the dressing over everything and garnish with the tarragon leaves.

 

Servings: 4

 

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