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Orange Pepper Cream Chicken.

Orange Pepper Cream Chicken

Course Brunch, Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken recipes, egg noodles, Orange Chicken, orange cream chicken, pepper chicken, pepper cream chicken
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 4
Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

  • Salt
  • 16 oz egg noodles
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 oranges
  • 2 shallots
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1 cup cream
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1-1+1/2 tablespoons crushed black peppercorns. Add more or less to your taste.
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Instructions

  1. Cook the egg noodles in plenty of boiling salted water.
  2. Drain and set aside in a warm place.
  3. Cut the chicken breasts into strips.
  4. Season on both sides with salt. Set aside.
  5. Juice and zest one orange. Cut the other one into thin slices
  6. Peel and dice the shallots.
  7. Heat the oil in a large skillet
  8. Cook the chicken in the oil. Transfer to a dish. Cover with foil. Set aside.
  9. Add the shallots to the pan.
  10. Sauté until transparent.
  11. Deglaze the pan with the white wine.

  12. Add the cream, broth, orange juice, and crushed peppercorns.

  13. Bring to a boil. turn down the heat. Simmer for 5 minutes.
  14. Mix the cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of the sauce and whisk back into the pan.
  15. Bring to the boil while whisking.
  16. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  17. When the sauce has thickened, add the chicken back to the pan. Coat it with the sauce.

  18. Cook for another 1-2 minutes

  19. Transfer to a platter. Garnish with the orange zest and sliced oranges.
  20. Serve over egg noodles.