MMMMM----- Meal-Master Recipe via Home Cookin 1.3
 
       Title: Country Chicken Ragout
  Categories: Home Cookin,
       Yield: 4
 
       2 tb Vegetable oil
       4    Chicken breasts (6 oz)
            skin and bones removed
      32 cn pearl onions
            outer skins removed
       8 lg Mushrooms; quartered
       8 sl Extra thick bacon; diced,
            cooked, and drained
       2    Garlic cloves; crushed
      12    Baby artichokes
            (fresh or frozen)
            cooked and halved
      12    Sun dried tomatoes
            julienned
       4 ts Fresh tarragon, chopped
     1/4 c  Pine nuts
     1/4 c  Cream sherry
       1 c  Chicken stock
       1 c  Heavy cream
            Salt and pepper (to taste)
 
   In a large skillet place the oil and heat it on medium high until
   it is hot. Add the chicken breasts and sauté them for 3 minutes
   on each side, or until they are lightly browned. Add the pearl
   onions, mushrooms, bacon, and garlic. Sauté the ingredients for 3
   minutes. Add the baby artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes, tarragon,
   and pine nuts. Sauté the ingredients for 2 minutes. Add the
   sherry and cook for 1 minute, or until it is reduced by 1/4. Add
   the the chicken stock and cook it for 3 to 4 minutes, or until it
   is reduced by 3/4. Add the heavy cream and cook it for 2 to 3
   minutes, or until the sauce thickens. Add the salt and pepper.
 
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