Chicken Paillard

Name: Chicken Paillard
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; salt and pepper; 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 4–6 ounces each); 1 teaspoon salt; your favorite vinegar; extra-virgin olive oil; a few handfuls arugula, baby spinach, or spring mix; 1–4 teaspoons ghee or extra-virgin olive oil; Pound and cook the chicken.

Sounds like “Pie-Yard”

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Well Fed Weeknights

By Melissa Joulwan

Published 2016

About

Poor boneless, skinless chicken breasts! They’re so mocked and maligned. But it’s hard to love them: Their low-fat status can make them flavorless, and they can too easily be cooked into dried-out oblivion.

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