Pollo al burro

Serves: 6
Course: Dinner
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Prep Time: 5 mins
Ingredients
  • 6 free range chicken breasts
  • 150g plain flour
  • Salt and pepper
  • 30ml olive oil and 50g butter for frying
  • An additional 70g butter for cooking
  • Lemon wedges for serving
  • To serve: mashed potato, sautéed spinach or steamed broccoli

1 Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.

2 Mix the flour, salt and pepper in a shallow bowl.

3 Evenly coat the chicken breasts in the flour.

4 Melt half the oil and butter in a large frying pan. Fry the chicken breasts over a high heat three at a time. After five minutes on each side they get a golden colour.

5 Transfer to an ovenproof dish while you colour the rest of the chicken with the remaining butter and oil.

6 Arrange all six chicken breasts snugly in the dish and dot evenly with the remaining 70g of butter. Cover with butter paper or foil and cook for 15 minutes.

7 Remove the butter paper; turn the chicken and spoon over some of the melted butter. Cook for a further 5-10 minutes until golden.

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer