The Home Ranch's Honey Pecan Chicken

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon minced shallot
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• salt and pepper
• 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 to make sauce, heat butter in medium saucepan.
• 2 add shallots and cook over low heat 3 minutes or until tender, but not brown.
• 3 add orange juice and bourbon, increase heat and continue cooking until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup.
• 4 add cream and reduce until slightly thickened.
• 5 add honey, vinegar and season with salt and pepper.
• 6 if sauce is too thin, make a small amount of cornstarch and cold water slurry. add it to sauce to thicken (only if needed).
• 7 to make chicken, mix flour, thyme, pecans, salt and pepper. dredge chicken in flour mixture.
• 8 heat small amount of olive oil in a large saute pan.
• 9 add chicken and saute until golden brown.
• 10 pour sauce onto each plate and place chicken breast in center. serve addition sauce separately.