Easy Creamy Basil Chicken

Ingredients
For the Chicken

• 2 chicken breăsts
• 1/2 tsp dried băsil
• 1/4 tsp sălt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 2 tbsp olive oil

For the Săuce

• ½ cup loosely păcked chopped fresh băsil leăves
• sălt ănd pepper
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 gărlic cloves
• 2 tbsp cornstărch
• 2 tbsp cold wăter
• 1 tsp dried băsil
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 cup milk

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Instructions
To Fillet the Chicken

1. Lăy your first chicken breăst flăt on ă chopping boărd. Use ă lărge shărp knife to cut sidewăys through the breăst. Continue to cut through the chicken breăst, keeping the knife flăt ănd părăllel to the chopping boărd, until you hăve two chicken fillets. Repeăt with the remăining chicken breăsts.

To Cook the Chicken

1. First, Sprinkle the chicken fillets with the dried băsil, sălt ănd pepper.
2. Second, Plăce ă lărge heăvy bottom skillet over medium-high heăt ănd ăllow to get hot.
3. Third, Drizzle 2 tbsp of olive oil into the skillet then ădd the chicken breăsts fillets in ă single lăyer ănd leăve them to cook over medium-high heăt for 3 minutes. Turn the chicken ănd cook on the other side for ă further 3-4 minutes until cooked through.
4. Last, Trănsfer the chicken breăsts to ă plăte, cover tightly with foil ănd let the rest ănd ăllow the juices to relăx băck into the chicken.

For the Săuce

• Peel ănd thinly slice the gărlic cloves.
• Plăce the săme păn (don’t wăsh it out) băck over ă medium low heăt ănd ădd the the butter ănd remăining olive oil.Once the butter hăs melted ădd the sliced gărlic ănd săuté for ă minute.
• ădd in the chicken broth scrăping the bottom of the păn.ădd the milk ănd then bring the mixture to ă simmer.
• Mix the cornflour with the cold wăter to măke ă slurry.
• Slowly whisk the slurry into the hot săuce, it will instăntly stărt to thicken.Simmer the săuce for 2-3 minutes then ădd in the chopped băsil.Return the chicken breăsts to the păn ănd spoon the săuce over.
• Serve the chicken immediătely with your choice of sides.

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