Recipe for "chicken-basil"

NAME

     CHICKEN-BASIL - Oven-baked chicken pieces with basil sauce
     This recipe came  originally  from  The  Australian  Women's
     Weekly  Dinner  Party  Cookbook  No. 2, available at an Aus-
     tralian newsagent near you.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)

     4 large   chicken fillets
          CRUMB TOPPING
     60 g      fresh breadcrumbs
     60 g      grated parmesan
     15 ml     chopped parsley
     100 g     bacon
     90 g      butter
     2         garlic cloves
     10 ml     Worcestershire sauce
     2.5 ml    dry mustard
          BASIL SAUCE
     125 ml    oil
     60 ml     white vinegar
     1         garlic clove, crushed
     75 g      fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
     125 ml    cream
     1         egg yolk

PROCEDURE CHICKEN

          (1)  Preheat oven to 190 deg. C.
          (2)  Combine breadcrumbs, cheese and parsley.   Saut  e
               chopped  bacon  and drain on absorbent paper.  Add
               the bacon to the  breadcrumb  mix.   This  is  the
               crumb topping for the chicken.
          (3)  In a pan, melt the butter, then  add  the  crushed
               garlic, Worcestershire sauce and mustard.  Mix and
               heat through.
          (4)  Coat the chicken fillets with the  butter  mixture
               by  dipping  them  in  the saucepan.  Arrange in a
               shallow, ovenproof  dish.   Press  the  breadcrumb
               mixture  on top of the chicken pieces to provide a
               crumb topping.
          (5)  Bake uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes.
          (6)  While the chicken cooks, make the basil sauce:  in
               a  saucepan  combine  all sauce ingredients except
               the egg yolk.  Stir until heated and then add  the
               egg  yolk,  stirring until thickened. Do not boil.
               Pour the hot sauce over the  chicken  pieces  just
               before serving.

NOTES

     The sauce sounds unusual but tastes great. The  fresh  basil
     gives  it a good green colour. Serve with green, vegetables,
     such as beans and snow peas, or a leafy green  salad  for  a
     colour-coordinated dinner.
     The finer the ingredients in the topping the better will  be
     its effect.

RATING

     Difficulty: moderate.   Time:  30  minutes  preparation,  25
     minutes cooking.  Precision: approximate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Alex Patison
     Pyramid Technology Australia, Sydney.
     alex@pta.oz    pyramid!pyrcorp!pta!alex