Black Forest Chicken

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 vidalia onion, thinly sliced (or a yellow onion)
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup drained tin black cherries, juice reserved
• 1/4 cup reserved cherry juice
• 5 (10 g) lindt 70% cocoa dark chocolate squares (50g)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup 15% cream (15% m.f. cooking cream)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180 degree c (350 degree f).
• 2 season chicken breasts on both sides with pepper.
• 3 heat oil over medium high heat in an ovenproof pan. sear chicken breasts for about 1 minute on each side, or until they are golden. remove from pan and reserve.
• 4 add onion to the pan and saute, stirring frequently, for 3 minutes or until lightly golden. add 2 tablespoons of water, scraping brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
• 5 place chicken breasts on the bed of onions and cover; cook in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink inside and internal temperature reaches 82 c (180 f). season with salt to taste.
• 6 in the meantime, bring cherry juice to boil in a small saucepan. add chocolate; reduce heat to low and stir until chocolate is melted.
• 7 add cherries and vanilla and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. stir in cream and allow to simmer for about 2 minutes, or until sauce thickens. keep warm.
• 8 serve chicken breasts on onions with the black forest sauce.