Lemon-Sage Chicken

By Addie

While this is my mom's recipe, I had completely forgotten about it and just recently found a copy of this fantastic dish. The rich sauce and wonderful batter that goes on the chicken makes this an exquisite entree that is ideal for company.

Ingredients

• SAUCE:
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan and Romano cheese blend
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
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• 2 tablespoons chopped shallot
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 4-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried sage leaves
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons cold butter

Preparation

Step 1

Flatten chicken to 1/2-in. thickness. In a shallow bowl, combine the eggs, cheese and seasonings. Place flour in another shallow bowl. Coat chicken with flour, then dip in egg mixture.

In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil in batches. Transfer to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 170°.

In the drippings, saute shallot until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the wine, lemon juice, herbs and lemon peel; cook over medium heat until liquid is reduced by half. Add cream; cook until thickened, stirring occasionally. Stir in butter until melted. Serve sauce with chicken. Yield: 4 servings.
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REVIEWS:

This recipe is fantastic! I wouldn't change a thing. YUM!!!

The chicken comes out tender and the sauce is delicious. My husband mopped up what was left on rolls I made with it.

This chicken is SO good! A little time consuming to make so I've only made it a couple times, but it is definitely worth it.

Excellent recipie. Highly recommend it. I've made this multiple times and each time, my fiance's face lights up!

This is an Olive Garden copy cat recipe. It's delicious.

One of the best recipes we have made in a long time. Next time we will fry the chicken a bit longer so its crispier. Also may cut back on the lemon juice just a tad.

OMG! This was so absolutely delicious! The sauce was so incredibly flavorful I could have eaten it with a spoon! A definite repeater!!!!!!!!!

This is the best chicken dish I have ever made. And that was without the wine (subbed chicken broth), The only thing I would do differently is to whisk the sauce in a blender until it's smooth.

I loved the chicken with the egg and herb coating. I made the sauce with light cream instead of heavy whipping cream to make it a bit healthier and it still came out good.

This was so delicious...I was a little frazzled making it because I forgot to have things ready like the lemon zest or the shallots chopped. When I ate the first bite, though, it was all worth it. My husband said that it tasted like we were in an expensive restaurant. I didn't change anything in the recipe and used wine. I will definitly be making this delicious recipe again, maybe tonight!

LOVED this!!!! I doubled the sauce as we always love extra that i used for our mashed potatoes i made to go with it - the sauce over the mashed potatoes was YUMMY! This was like chicken you would get in a nice restaurant! I never made a chicken breast w/an "egg" coating before (w/o bread crumbs) so that was rather interesting but i loved it! I did use the wine and instead of dried used fresh sage leaves (which if doubled would be 24 leaves chopped to = 2 tsp dried) i prob will add a bit more lemon juice but the subtle taste of it was still very yummy! this will be regularly in our rotation!

My whole family loved it! Hint of lemon and sage was delicious!!

THIS IS REALLY GOOD! MY HUSBAND LOVED IT AND TOO WILL MAKE MORE OF THE SAUCE TO SERVE WITH RICE. I DID NOT USE THE WINE AS I DON'T CARE FOR THE TASTE. SUBSTITUTED CHICKEN BROTH.

Loved the flavor of the sauce. My 2 year old daughter even ate every bite. My husband licked his plate. Definitely will make again. I used fresh sage, and used egg beaters for the egg wash. Very good.

I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out great! My husband I really enjoyed it. Thanks!

This recipe was pretty good. I used oregano instead of sage as no one in my family likes sage. Next time I make this, I will use chicken broth in place of the wine as it gave it a funny taste

Cooked as directed but used more fresh lemon juice and doubled the sauce. Simmered chicken in sauce after removing from oven. Did not use lemon zest.

My husband and son were crazy about this. A little too time consuming for a weeknite though, I made it for Sunday dinner and its definitely a winner!

This was super yummy!!! The chicken was really moist and the sauce was very yummy. The only change I will make next time is a little less lemon juice in the sauce.

I added more seasonings to this. I served it with linguini. Came out very good. I made more of the sauce the second day although I didn't have any more shallots. i thickened the second batch with some flour. Also came out good.

Wonderful flavor although maybe I put too much egg mixture because I had to double that. But my husband loved it and I will definately make it again.

I prepared this for my homecare client who is a retired Home Economics teacher and foods judge at various fairs; she is a bit narrow-minded about food prep and taste, as you can imagine. She and I agreed that this is a Very, Very Good recipe, and she has alluded to it daily since we had it 4 days ago! I prefer a little more sauce though. We prefer dark meat chicken so instead of breast I used thigh meat, which also requires less pounding. If you are cooking for 2, as I was, the ingredients halve well except for the eggs (I used 2), so I added a little more Parmesan to thicken the 2-egg mixture. After rolling the chicken in the egg mixture, I added a little flour and baking powder to the remainder to make hush-puppies. I made the full recipe of sauce, and that was the perfect amount for the 2 thighs and the hush-puppies. Oh, and as we were out of white wine, I used chicken broth. This will definitely be served again! And again!

I found this in my Taste of Home magazine and made it for my husband (he is a real foodie) for dinner, and he raved about it! He insisted that I go on line and get the recipe so that I could make copies for our at-home recipe file. It really was great! The only thing I would do is double the amount of sauce and add more lemon to it (the lemon taste didn't come through as strong as we would like). Definitely our newest "company's coming" main dish.

Awesome! We absolutely loved it and will definitely be making it again.

I made this tonight and my family loved it. Its definitely a keeper recipe. Im always looking for different ways to make chicken and this one is over the top, sooooo delicious !!!!!!