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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
2 chickens - (3 lbs ea), each cut 8 pieces
3 tbsp butter
6 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 tbsp sherry
1 1/2 tbsp dry white wine or vermouth
1 tbsp grated lemon rind
1 tbsp grated orange rind
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Salt, to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
1 1/4 cup light cream
Freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
Lemon slices - thin
Chopped fresh parsley
Directions
Brown chicken in butter and oil. Cover, lower heat, and simmer slowly for
40 minutes or until chicken is tender. Drain well and arrange chicken on
an ovenproof serving platter and keep warm.
Discard cooking oil. Stir sherry, wine, lemon rind, orange rind, lemon
juice, salt, and pepper into the same skillet. Slowly stir in cream,
cover, and simmer 2 minutes.
Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Brown slightly
under preheated broiler and garnish with lemon slices sprinkled with
chopped parsley.
This recipe yields 8 servings; 2.2 carbohydrate grams per serving.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 206 Calories; 22g Fat (93.9%
calories from fat); 1g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 36mg
Cholesterol; 59mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Fruit; 4 1/2 Fat; 0 Other
Carbohydrates.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: n/a
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 8
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