Chicken polenta gratin

  

Ingredients for 2 persons :

150 g of polenta

80 cl semi-skimmed milk

2 chicken breast

1 onion

2 tbsp. tablespoons neutral oil

50 g butter

4 tbsp. fine breadcrumbs

salt and pepper

Calories = Medium

Preparation steps

1. Sear your salted chicken breasts in the oil over very high heat for 2 minutes per side.
2. Lower the heat, add 20 g of butter and continue cooking for 6 minutes, basting your meat regularly. Let it rest for 5 minutes. Cut your chicken breasts into pieces.
3. Deglaze your pan with a little cold water, scraping the bottom with a wooden spoon to loosen all the cooking juices.
4. Remove the first skin of your onion and slice it.
5. Fry your onion in 10 g of butter with a little salt over medium/high heat for 8 minutes, taking care to stir regularly.
6. In a saucepan, boil the milk with salt and pepper.
7. Pour the polenta in a fine rain and cook for 3 minutes while constantly whisking.
8. Add 20 g of butter then mix everything together, continuing to cook for another 2 minutes.
9. Spread your chicken pieces and the pan-fried onion in the gratin dish. Baste the whole with the cooking juices of your meat.
10. Top with a layer of polenta.
11. Sprinkle the surface with breadcrumbs.
12. Bake under the grill for 10 minutes.

Tips and advice for Polenta gratin with chicken

You can replace the milk with water or a milk/water mixture.