Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- drumettes attached
- skin-on
- Salt
- About 1/4 cup clarified butter
- 5 to 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- Clarified butter
- for coating the pan
- Four 1/4-inch-thick slices bacon
- cut into lardons 1/4 inch wide
- 1 small yellow onion
- diced
- 8 button mushrooms
- stemmed and sliced into 1/4-inch slices
- Salt
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- For the chicken: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Sprinkle the chicken breasts with salt.
- In a large saute pan, heat enough clarified butter to coat the pan over medium-high heat.
- Add half the thyme and continue to heat.
- Place 2 of the chicken breasts in the pan skin-side down and sear until golden brown, basting the flesh side with fat from the pan.
- Flip the breasts, brown on the other side and baste.
- Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet.
- Cook the other 2 breasts in the same manner, adding in the remaining thyme sprigs.
- Place the baking sheet with the seared breasts in the oven and bake until the chicken is firm to the touch, 7 to 8 minutes.
- Allow to rest before slicing.
- For the just: While the chicken is in the oven, pour off any excess fat in the saute pan and place over medium-high heat.
- Add enough clarified butter to coat the bottom of the pan and add the bacon lardons.
- Cook until crispy, and then remove to a plate and reserve.
- Remove any excess fat from the pan if necessary.
- Add in the onions and sweat until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Increase the heat, add in the mushrooms and season with salt.
- Cook the mushrooms until golden brown on all sides, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add in the white wine and scrap up all the brown bits that have collected on the bottom of the pan.
- Cook down until the wine has reduced by half.
- Add in half of the chicken stock and let simmer about 5 minutes.
- Add in the remaining chicken stock and reduce until slightly thickened Remove from the heat and swirl in the butter.
- Taste and season if necessary.
- Serve the sliced chicken with the jus and garnish with chopped parsley.
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