Chicken Paillard With Curried Oyster Mushrooms

Chicken Paillard With Curried Oyster Mushrooms
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
25 minutes
Rating
5(627)
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Alain Sailhac, dean emeritus of the French Culinary Institute in New York and one of New York’s most venerable French chefs, gives inspiration here to recapture the glory of the chicken breast, that popular yet generally overcooked piece of meat. He suggests cutting the breast in half horizontally to make two thin pieces, then topping them with quick-cooking vegetables like mushrooms, zucchini or tomatoes, and roasting everything together. This supremely juicy and complexly flavored dish uses that technique and is a snap to put together. —Melissa Clark

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings
  • 2tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, more for greasing pan and for drizzling
  • 2boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, (8 ounces each)
  • 1teaspoon kosher salt, more to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1teaspoon curry powder, more to taste
  • 7ounces oyster mushrooms, cut into ½-inch pieces
  • 2tablespoons fresh chopped basil
  • 2garlic cloves, minced
  • 2scallions, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

220 calories; 10 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 6 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 5 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 1 gram sugars; 28 grams protein; 420 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with olive oil. Place each breast flat on cutting board. With knife held parallel to surface, cut breast in half. Transfer chicken to baking sheet and season well with a large pinch each of salt, pepper and curry powder. Drizzle chicken with a little oil.

  2. Step 2

    In a bowl, toss mushrooms with curry powder, salt, basil, garlic, scallions and 2 tablespoons oil.

  3. Step 3

    Spoon an equal amount of mushroom mix on each piece of chicken. Bake until mushrooms are golden and chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.

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This is extremely simple and straightforward. I made it for two using two six-ounce cutlets and kept the whole amount of mushrooms. I served it with Pierre Franey's rice with peas. Perfect for a busy weeknight and a lot of bang for the effort.

Very easy to make, and tasty, but as one other person said, this is SUPER salty. Way too much salt in the mushroom mix...about 1/4 the amount would be MORE than enough

I would cut mushrooms into smaller pieces than I did and increase the amount of curry (even bought a fresh can of spice). very easy recipe. served with couscous and sautéed zucchini (from farmers' market, very small and tasty) with balsamic and mint.

Was delicious! Served over greens.

Agree about kosher vs regular salt. The larger crystals mean less salt by volume. Also - some commercial curry powders contain salt, so you may want to adjust the quantity if yours does.

By the way, about the saltiness -- if you use kosher salt it's not as salty as regular table salt. The amount of kosher salt called for here was perfect to my tastes.

I cooked this before I read the recipe - at 450 the chicken only needs 10 minutes max. I season with tikka powder, top with lightly sauteed grated zucchini, garlic shallots (necessary given the short baking time). From now on I'll add basil.

Made with 3.5 oz mushrooms and 1 med zucchini, thinly sliced.
Liberally added curry powder to chicken before topping with veg. mixture. (We like spicy).
Used 1 Tbs. Curry powder with veg. instead of tsp. and 3 garlic cloves.
Very good!

Delicious! I paired it with Ligurian Risotto. Great combination.

This resulted in very juicy chicken breasts. But I would advise cutting back on the amount of salt added to the vegetable mixture and recommending using a light hand when salting the chicken breasts.

Excellent recipe and good idea to cut the breasts in halves. I will definitely make more curried mushrooms and use more curry powder next time.

Easy dish. Oyster mushrooms were divinely tasty and chewy topper.

I got some fresh oyster mushrooms and free range chicken breasts at the farmers market. I could not find my curry powder so I substituted Za’atar spice. The result was amazingly delicious; I will use this recipe with other meats in the future!

Just made this dish for dinner tonight. I agree with previous notes that it is super simple. I eliminated the curry powder per my husband’s request. It still was very tasty, tho next time I might add fresh thyme instead of basil.

This was delicious. I was skeptical, as others noted, of the curry flavoring. I used Garam Masala because that's what we had. And the only other difference was that I added a thin layer of fresh garden tomatoe in between the chicken and the mushrooms. In 15 minutes, the chicken was moist, tender and melted in the mouth. Will definitely be using this recipe and variations thereof again. With the baby potatoes in the sheet pan, along with the tomato, we only added steamed rainbow chard.

I used baby Bellas and added extra curry,basil and olive oil. It turned out wonderfully and was done in 20 minutes. An easy straight forward recipe that I will make again and again. I served it on a bed of mashed cauliflower with ghee which really went well with the flavors and textures of the chicken and mushrooms.

Added bok choy to the mushrooms. Wonderful dish. I’m thinking this dish would also be great using Portabello mushrooms in place of the chicken to make it vegetarian.

This was super easy to make and delicious. Only modification I made was to zest a little Buddha's Hand on it (like lemon zest) it right before putting in oven. I saw a buddha's hand at the store and had to figure a way to use it. I might back off slightly on salting the breasts before putting the shrooms on. Definitely making this again. 15 minutes was plenty of time to cook through.

I marinated the chicken breasts in buttermilk for about 6 hours ahead of time because I happened to have some in the fridge that needed using. I used less salt and curry powder than the recipe called for, and was glad I did. The dish came out beautifully.

This turned out perfectly. We used smalled chicken breasts so did not need to split them. I was concerned about the curry flavoring, but it was very tasty. Did not use as much salt that was in the recipe.

I made this but didn't use the salt, just sprinkled some over the mushrooms and chicken and didn't feel it needed more when I ate it. I cooked the chicken too long I think; it was very dry and tough. The mushroom with curry flavor was good; there was no sauce generated.

I had three smallish cutlets so just pounded them flat and cooked a bit longer (25 minutes?), medium/fine chop 4oz of mixed wild mushrooms, otherwise followed the recipe. Served with roasted broccoli and polenta. Both dinner and the one cold leftover lunch portion were delicious! This is definitely going into the rotation. Great payoff for a really simple recipe.

Salmon at 450 (!) for 15-20 minutes is 5-10 minutes past ready. Flaky, silky moisture, incredible flavour…if not overcooked.

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Adapted from Eric Ripert

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