Chicken Au Champagne

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken breasts (with bone and skin)
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• chervil or tarragon or thyme
• 1 shallot, quartered
• 1 cup brut champagne

Recipe

• 1 place the chicken breasts in a roasting pan skin side down and season with salt, pepper, and your choice of herbs. (i like it with both the thyme and tarragon).
• 2 pour half cup of champagne over breasts.
• 3 make a slit in each breast and insert shallot.
• 4 place the pan under the broiler for 3 minutes. flip the chicken breast side up and broil for an additional 5 minutes, or until the skin is nicely browned.
• 5 remove the chicken from the broiler, baste with the pan juices and add the remaining half cup champagne.
• 6 adjust the oven temp to 475 degrees and bake the chicken for 30 minutes, basting once or twice.