Chicken with Mushroom Sauce

 Mushroom Chicken Recipe by Rusty
Ingredients:
  • 1 Whole Chicken Breast or 2 Halves
  • ¼ cup Cooking Oil or Olive Oil
  • 6 tablespoons Cooking Oil or Olive Oil
  • 1 quart Frying Oil or Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 cup Flour
  • ¼ cup Corn Starch
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ Salt
  • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons VERY COLD Water
  • 10 to 12 Large Fresh Mushrooms
  • ¼ Medium Onion
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 cup Heavy Cream
  • ¼ cup Wine (red or white)
  • 2 teaspoons Sugar
  • 3 teaspoons White Vinegar

Please Note:
Batter makes more than necessary for this recipe. You may want to use the batter to cook some shrimp or other food suitable for frying & store that food for a future meal, if you are not increasing the chicken & sauce ingredients for more guests. Choice of White or Red wine changes flavor of sauce, try it both ways. Fresh Baking Powder makes fluffier batter. Very large chicken pieces may not cook properly.

Directions:

Prepare Sauce first, so it can simmer while you prepare the rest of the recipe.

Clean & trim off tough parts of stems (if needed) of Mushrooms. Then slice the stems off almost even with the cap (do not discard good stems). From stem side, slice 1 Mushroom into ¼ inch slices. Set this, now sliced, Mushroom aside. Chop Fine ALL remaining Mushrooms (stems & caps) & ¼ Onion. Sauté fine chopped Mushrooms & Onion in butter until Onion is ''glassy'' & Mushrooms are getting dark. Transfer from pan to a small pot & add wine & reserved sliced Mushrooms. Stir in Cream, Vinegar & Sugar, with a Low Flame on the pot. Keep watch on Mushroom Sauce, while you start to prepare Batter mixture. When Mushroom Sauce starts to bubble, adjust to a Very Low Flame & cover pot, Stirring Occasionally until serving.
 
Prepare Chicken Breast

Remove the skin. Cut whole Breast in half. Remove any bones or cartilage & remove the tendon with a sharp knife, trying to leave breast halves as complete as possible. Rinse & pat dry.

Prepare the Batter Mixture

In bowl large enough to dip chicken, combine Flour, Baking Powder, Cornstarch, Salt, Egg, 6 tablespoons of Cooking Oil, & the Very Cold Water. Mix gently with whisk for a few minutes until mixed well. Add ¼ cup of Cooking Oil & mix gently with whisk for about 1 minute.

Heat Frying Oil to about 375° F. Use whisk to mix batter again if batter has been waiting on Oil. Dip 1 Chicken Breast in Batter & coat well & place into hot Oil. Fry until golden brown. Allow Chicken to sit on paper towel to absorb oil. Cook second Chicken Breast in the same way.

Plate the Chicken for each guest & slice into Breast the short way across, only half way through from top with slices ¼ inch apart all the way along the Breast. Spoon out Mushroom Sauce across each Breast so that Sauce drains into cuts. Make sure each guest gets a few of the Mushroom slices from the Sauce.

Serves 2

Serve piping hot.

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