Promising Indian Herb Crusted Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 23 mins Preparation Time: 38 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 chicken breasts, cleaned,washed and patted dry
• 1/2 cup refined flour, sieved (known as maida in hindi)
• salt
• black pepper
• 4 large fresh peaches, washed,peeled and chopped roughly
• 3 -4 bunches fresh parsley, cleaned,washed and chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, washed,halved,de-seeded and chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 yellow bell pepper, washed,halved,de-seeded and chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 green bell pepper, washed,halved,de-seeded and chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
• 3 -4 cloves fresh garlic, peeled,washed and chopped
• 5 tablespoons pure wesson canola oil or 5 tablespoons garlic-flavored olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumb
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, washed and chopped,to garnish

Recipe

• 1 put the sieved maida in a bowl.
• 2 add salt and pepper.
• 3 mix well.
• 4 roll chicken breasts in this and keep aside.
• 5 prepare a puree of the peaches in your blender and keep aside.
• 6 heat 3 cups of water in a large vessel or a pot.
• 7 add parsley and drain after half a minute.
• 8 refresh under cold running water.
• 9 drain and then make a smooth paste of this in your blender.
• 10 keep aside.
• 11 heat oil in a pan.
• 12 shallow fry the chicken breasts in it on both sides,until they are brown on either side.
• 13 heat butter in a separate pan.
• 14 add the peach puree.
• 15 cook on medium heat for 5 minutes or until it thickens.
• 16 keep aside.
• 17 preheat oven to 200c.
• 18 grease a baking tray with oil.
• 19 arrange the fried chicken breasts on it.
• 20 spread the parsley paste thickly over the breasts.
• 21 drizzle with a tbsp.
• 22 of olive oil or canola oil.
• 23 sprinkle breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and 1 more tbsp.
• 24 of olive oil.
• 25 bake for 10 minutes at 200c.
• 26 pour the remaining olive oil in the pan in which you had fried the chicken.
• 27 stir-fry the garlic for 3 minutes till golden brown.
• 28 saute the bell pepper in this for 3 minutes on medium flame.
• 29 season with salt and pepper.
• 30 arrange the chicken breasts on a serving platter.
• 31 pour peach sauce on one side and arrange the bell pepper on the other!
• 32 serve hot garnished with a sprig of fresh parsley.
• 33 enjoy with naan or basmati rice!