Recipe - Mustard Chicken With Cabbage And Apples

MARINADE
2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon Sage
1 teaspoon Thyme
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Pepper
4 Skinless, boneless chicken
breast halves, pounded flat

CABBAGE
2 tablespoon Butter
1 cup Thinly cut or sliced up onions
4 tablespoon Apple cider vinegar
4 teaspoon Caraway seeds (or to taste)
4 cup Thinly cut or sliced up cabbage

APPLES
2 tablespoon Butter (divided)
2 Granny Smith apples (peeled,
cored, cut into 8ths)
2 tablespoon Brown sugar
2 tablespoon Cider vinegar

Marinade: In a small bowl, combine the mustard and herbs. Rub over chicken,
cover, and refrigerate 3 hours.

Cabbage: In a heavy nonstick skillet, melt butter over high heat. Add
onions. Reduce heat to moderate and stir well. Cover and cook, stirring
occasionally, til onions are transparent. Add vinegar and caraway. Add
cabbage, stir, and cook (covered) for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from pan; set aside and keep warm. Don't wash the skillet!

Apples: Melt 1 Tbsp butter in the skillet used for the cabbage. Add apple
slices and cook over moderate heat, tossing til evenly browned. Sprinkle
with sugar and cook 2 minutes more. Stir in vinegar; toss well. Remove from
pan, set aside and keep warm. Don't wash the skillet!

Chicken: Add remaining 1 Tbsp butter to the skillet used for the apples.
Melt over high heat. Add chicken breasts and saute til browned on each side
and cooked through. (NOW you can wash the skillet!)

To serve: Mound cabbage on a warm platter, cover with chicken pieces and
top with the apples. Serves 4. Posted to FOODWINE Digest 18 Mar 97 by Gretl
Collins gretl_collins@AGCS.CAS.PSU.EDU on Mar 19, 1997