It is all about the sauce

There are a lot of meat and poultry dishes that are tasteless without sauce.Now there is a difference between sauce and gravy.A well made sauce is smooth and silky and is just thick enough to coat a spoon with out dripping off.Gravy is a mixture that is thick and heavy .It can be lumpy and it  sticks like to glue to any food that it is put on. I guess you can tell I am a sauce person and not a gravy fan.The following dish uses a veloute' sauce and sun dried tomatoes.


                       Chicken Veloute' with Sun dried Tomatoes and Basil

Ingredients: 4 boneless chicken breasts,trimmed and
                         beaten to 1/4 inch.Salt and pepper to taste
                      2 tbsp flour
                      1Tbsp Olive oil
                      1 tbsp butter or margarine( I like Smart
                         Balance)
                      2 cups of Chicken Stock
                      2 tbsp sun dried tomatoes, soaked in water and then
                         minced.They need to be soaked for about
                         20 minutes.You can use the bottled in oil
                         variety but then you have a more oily feel
                         in your dish
                      2 tbsps finely chopped fresh basil (dry basil is        
                         is useless.Omit rather than use the dried)
                      salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:  Dredge chicken in 1 tbsp of the flour
                        Saute' chicken in the olive oil until brown 
                        Place chicken on oven proof
                        platter and keep warm in oven
                        Melt butter or margarine in sauce pan,and then add
                        flour.Stir continuously until margarine and flour are blended
                        together
                        Add chicken stock to pan and bring to a boil while stirring
                        until stock has come to a low boil.Reduce heat and simmer
                        until stock becomes silky and lightly covers a spoon.
                        Add sun dried tomatoes and basil
                        Salt and pepper to taste
                        Pour 1/2 sauce over the chicken and serve remainder of
                        sauce in seperate bowl

This is a favorite of mine because it is quick and easy to prepare.My children would eat this without the basil