Chicken Vermouth

This is a great chicken dish to cook while you are mixing your (very) dry martinis. The recipe will use up a fair bit of your vermouth and you could always chuck a handful of olives in for good measure.

For my basic receipe, this is what you need:

• 4 chicken breasts
• 60g butter (use olive oil if you prefer)
• 1 crushed clove garlic
• 250g sliced mushrooms
• freshly ground salt and pepper
• 1tbs lemon juice
• 200mls dry vermouth (that's about 3/4 of a cup)
• handful of chopped coriander (cilantro) or flat-leaf parsley

This is so easy. Melt the butter with the garlic in a skillet and brown the chicken all over. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice.

Pile the mushrooms on the chicken, pour over the vermouth, cover and simmer on the stove top for 25 minutes. If the liquid looks like drying out, add a little more vermouth.

Add the coriander or parsley just before serving.

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