Cranberries & Chicken Cutlet

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves or 4 prepared chicken cutlets
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup shallot, finely minced
• 2 small bay leaves
• 1/4 cup dry red wine
• 2/3 cup canned whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 if using breast halves place them between plastic wrap& pound them until they are apprx1/4" thick season the cutlets on both sides with salt& pepper.
• 2 melt 2 tbsp butter in a skillet and brown the cutlets on both sides, apprx 4 minutes per side remove chicken from pan.
• 3 in the same pan melt remaining tbsp butter add shallots and bay leaves, saute 1 minute.
• 4 add wine, bring to a boil,reduce to a thick glaze, scrapping the brown bits from the bottom of the pan apprx 4 minutes.
• 5 add cranberries, broth& vinegar, cook until the sauce thickens slightly apprx 3 minutes.
• 6 return chicken to the pan& simmer until heated through apprx 2 minutes, remove bay leaves place chicken on plates and spoon the sauce over.