Recipe: Chicken Breasts Xeres

Chicken Breasts Xeres

2 large boneless chicken breasts split
salt and pepper, as desired
1/2 lb mushrooms
6 tbsp olive oil
2/3 cup sherry vinegar
2 tbsp tomato paste
2 tbsp chopped parsley

Trim excess skin from the breasts. Sprinkle breasts with salt and pepper and set aside. Quarter larger mushrooms, halve smaller ones and set aside.

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in an aluminum skillet or frying pan over high heat and brown chicken on skin side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and pour off fat.

Reduce heat to medium, pour in vinegar and dissolve the tomato paste in it. Replace chicken in skillet, skin side up. Cover and cook 3 minutes. Uncover; cook until chicken is done, 6 minutes.

While the chicken is cooking, heat 1 teaspoon oil in another frying pan and cook the mushrooms about 3-to-4 minutes.

Arrange chicken and mushrooms on platter.

Whisk in the rest of the olive oil; mix in parsley. Pour juices that have collected on the platter into sauce. Pour sauce over chicken and mushrooms; serve immediately.