Chicken Breasts Milano Recipe
Ingredients
| 8 whole chicken breasts (about 10 ounces each), split | ||
| 1/2 cup olive or vegetable oil | ||
| Dry white wine | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Garlic | 2 Clove (5gm), crushed | |
| 1 tablespoon chopped Italian flat-leaf or curly parsley | ||
| 1 teaspoon leaf oregano, crumbled | ||
| Red pepper flakes | 1/4 Teaspoon, crushed | |
| Parmesan cheese | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs), grated | |
| Spinach leaves | 4 , steamed | |
| Hot cooked rice | ||
| Pepper red strip | 1 | |
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Pepper | To Taste | |
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to moderate (375°).
2. Combine the oil, wine, garlic, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper to taste and red pepper flakes in a shallow pan. Add the chicken and turn to coat with the marinade. Cover the pan and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Remove the chicken from the marinade, reserving the marinade.
3. Place the breast halves, skin-side up, in 1 or 2 roasting pans. Brush the chicken with part of the reserved marinade.
4. Bake the chicken in the preheated moderate oven (375°), basting occasionally with the marinade, for 40 minutes or until the skin is crisp.
5. Sprinkle part of the Parmesan cheese over the chicken. Return the chicken to the oven and bake just until the Parmesan cheese begins to turn golden. Remove from the oven.
6. Line a platter with the spinach, then the rice. Arrange the chicken breast halves on top. Sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese and garnish with the red pepper strips.
2. Combine the oil, wine, garlic, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper to taste and red pepper flakes in a shallow pan. Add the chicken and turn to coat with the marinade. Cover the pan and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Remove the chicken from the marinade, reserving the marinade.
3. Place the breast halves, skin-side up, in 1 or 2 roasting pans. Brush the chicken with part of the reserved marinade.
4. Bake the chicken in the preheated moderate oven (375°), basting occasionally with the marinade, for 40 minutes or until the skin is crisp.
5. Sprinkle part of the Parmesan cheese over the chicken. Return the chicken to the oven and bake just until the Parmesan cheese begins to turn golden. Remove from the oven.
6. Line a platter with the spinach, then the rice. Arrange the chicken breast halves on top. Sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese and garnish with the red pepper strips.
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