CLASSIC CHICKEN STEAKS WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE AND FOIL BAKED VEGES AND POTATOES.

My teens were hungry and anything I offered was a no no as it had too much carbs for them. So whipped up this meal with what I found in my refrigerator. Chicken pepper steak with mushroom cream sauce, foil baked veges and potatoes.

Ingredients:

For The steak:
Chicken breasts 4
Worcestershire sauce 3 tbsp
mustard 2 tbsp
salt and pepper to taste.
Optional any of yr fav steak sauce 2 tbsp

For the Veges and potatoes:
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
half large onion diced or in strips
3 cups mixed fresh vegetables chopped or sliced.
2 large potatoes chopped
salt and pepper to taste
extra virgin olive oil 4 tbsp
lemon juice of one small lemon

For the Mushroom sauce:
half large onion finely chopped
olive oil one tbp
butter one tbsp
mushrooms any kind two cups finely chopped.
flour 2 tbsp
fresh heavy cream one cup
salt and pepper to taste
chicken broth or water if needed.

Method:
First take boneless breast pieces one at a time. Put in between plastic wrap and hammer down with a kitchen hammer or your bread rolling pin till twice in size. Don't be too harsh to tear them off completely. Hammering them down loosens the tissues and helps cook it really fast while keeping the meat juicy and succulent. Marinade with salt, pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and/or a little of any of your steak sauces ( optional). leave aside.

Now chop up a couple of garlic clove, half an onion in strips or squares, and three cups of mixed chopped veges of whatever you find in your fridge. I found Peas in pods, paprika, carrots and celery. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, a little lemon juice and good quality virgin olive oil. toss together and wrap in a heavy foil paper and seal it shut by twisting the foil at the top to let bake with juices inside the foil. In another foil do the same for a couple of diced potatoes. Since Potatoes take longer to cook start the oven at 400 degrees and put in the potatoes first. after 20 minutes put in the veges too. and in total about one hr take both the foils out.

When 10 minutes left for the baked goods to come out, start frying or grilling your steaks first on high then on medium flame. In parallel, while steaks are cooking prepare your mushroom sauce in a separate pan.

For the Mushroom sauce, first heat about one tbsp olive oil, saute finely chopped onions till transparent. Now add the mushrooms. saute some more about 3 minutes. Now add one tbsp butter melt it in and add 2 tbsp flour, salt and pepper.Saute some more and pour the cream while constantly whisking the sauce. If sauce too thick can add some chicken stock to it. Else is fine without too. Cook a couple of more minutes till sauce thickens to desired consistency.

Place the chicken steak on the serving plate, pour some sauce on or next to it. empty the foils carefully and scoop some veges and potatoes on to the plate.

My kids loved this meal, I am sure yours will too. Enjoy!

I leave you with an important lesson: