apple cider chicken

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Apple Cider Chicken

This apple cider chicken could not be simpler or more delicious. Chicken breasts cook first in sage-infused butter, then return to a sweet-sour pan sauce of reduced apple cider and vinegar. The pan sauce is then finished to glistening perfection in the classic French style with a chunk of cold butter.

Ingredients

  • 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch cayenne
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
  • 6 sage leaves (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons minced shallot or onion
  • 1 1/4 cups apple cider
  • 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar