Prosciutto skewered chicken with fried sage leaves

Prosciutto skewered chicken with fried sage leaves

This succulent chicken dish makes a great Saturday night treat for two

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 - 30 mins

Method

  1. Put the chicken breasts between two sheets of greaseproof paper and beat with a rolling pin until roughly twice their original size. Lay two rippled slices of prosciutto on top of each breast and secure with cocktail sticks. Dust each breast lightly with flour, then season with salt and pepper. (Can be made several hours ahead up to this point, and chilled.)
  2. Heat the oil in a frying pan, drop in the sage leaves (they should sizzle) and fry for 30 seconds until just crisp. They can burn quickly so watch them. Lift out the leaves with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. Add the butter to the pan, let it melt, then fry the chicken for 3-4 minutes on each side until cooked and well browned. Remove from the pan and set aside.
  3. Pour in the wine, stirring well to scrape all the lovely sticky bits from the bottom of the pan. Let the mixture bubble until the wine is reduced by about half. Stir in the cream or crème fraîche, put the chicken back in the pan and heat through. Scatter the fried sage leaves on top and serve with pasta tossed with a little olive oil and some freshly chopped sage leaves.

Per serving

667 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 14g, fat 48 g, saturated fat 20g, fibre 0g, salt 1.96 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002.

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    14 February 2008

    K rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very tasty and relatively easy to cook. I would love to try this recipe again

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  • Binder photo K

    14 February 2008

    K commented on this recipe

    Instead of the sage leaves I used a pinch of dried sage, the kind you buy in bottles. I found it worked just as well.

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  • Binder photo BAMBAM

    24 March 2008

    BAMBAM rated and commented on this recipe

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    Thought this was a nice dish (so did the 2 others I made it for) the only slight disappointment in my opinion was that the sauce was a bit thin. Definitely worth a try though.

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    01 January 2009

    bridget rated and commented on this recipe

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    So tasty. Try t now! So easy

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  • Binder photo ragland_park

    06 August 2009

    ragland_park rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yummo! I took on board the other comments and added a little cornflour to the sauce. The sauce is so delicious next time I will make 1.5x the sauce. A very easy dish that looks extra special.

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    08 September 2009

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    This got the thumbs up from the whole family!

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    06 February 2010

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  • Binder photo madmooliv

    21 March 2011

    madmooliv rated and commented on this recipe

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    MMMM delicious! I cooked it for my boyfriend, I ate so much he dumped me. But it was so flavoursome I couldn't resist... I realised I didn't need a boyfriend, all I needed was chicken with SAGE...

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    28 May 2011

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    Very nice the sauce was really good

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  • Binder photo lurvlyloz

    11 February 2012

    lurvlyloz rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very tasty & so easy. will def make again. Made for my fiancee for our anniversary dinner ad went down very well :)

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  • Binder photo KikzAzz

    30 April 2012

    KikzAzz rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this for Valentine and made quite an impression. Very easy to make, and is really tasty.

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  • Binder photo frill

    19 July 2012

    frill rated and commented on this recipe

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    Ehehe this is a famous Italian recipe, "saltimbocca alla romana" (literally "roman way jump-in-the-mouth" o.o)...very nice though! My mom cooks them often! :)

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  • Binder photo Gill

    30 August 2012

    Gill rated and commented on this recipe

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    One of the most tasty dishes I have ever cooked - chicken breasts quite thick so cooked for longer and added creme fraiche a it later.

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  • Binder photo rebekah

    30 March 2013

    rebekah rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very tasty, must have reduced wine too much as sauce was a bit thick and not much of it, also chicken needed cooked longer than stated.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 - 30 mins

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667 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 14g, fat 48 g, saturated fat 20g, fibre 0g, salt 1.96 g

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