Chicken With Basil Cream Sauce

Chicken With Basil Cream Sauce

1/4 C. milk

1/4 C. dry bread crumbs

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

3 T. butter or margarine

1 T. olive oil

Sauce:

1/2 C. chicken broth

1 C. heavy whipping cream

1 4-oz. jar diced pimientos, drained

1/2 C. grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 C. minced fresh basil

1/8 t. pepper

1 t. cornstarch

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place milk and bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls. Dip chicken in milk, then coat with bread crumbs. In skillet over medium heat, brown chicken on both sides in butter and olive oil. Remove and place in preheated oven to keep warm.

Add broth to skillet. Bring to a boil over medium heat and stir to loosen browned bits from pan bottom. Stir in whipping cream and pimientos, boil and stir for 1 minute. Reduce heat. Stir in Parmesan, basil and pepper and cook until heated through. Mix cornstarch with extra chicken broth and stir into skillet if needed to thicken sauce. Pour over chicken.

Yield: 4 servings