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Chicken Salisbury steak with mushroom pan sauce

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Ingredients
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Techniques
  • boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • breadcrumbs
  • dried mustard
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • cayenne
Put chicken breast in a food processor with breadcrumbs, dried mustard, black pepper and cayenne.
Building the patty mixture
  • soy sauce
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 whole egg
  • ketchup
Add soy sauce, Worcestershire, one egg and ketchup.
Pulse on and off until coarsely ground, not chunky and not a fine puree.
Pulsing coarse and chilling
Transfer to a bowl, pack down with a spatula, cover with plastic and refrigerate about 20 minutes until cold.
  • cold water
With wet hands, form oval patties roughly half an inch thick.
  • kosher salt
Season both sides with kosher salt.
  • vegetable oil
  • butter
Brown over medium-high heat in vegetable oil and butter, 2 to 3 minutes per side; they need not be fully cooked. Remove and reserve.
  • ½ lb sliced mushrooms
  • salt
Back on medium-high, add the mushrooms and a big pinch of salt; cook, stirring, until well browned.
Browning the mushrooms
  • onion
Add the onion and cook, stirring, about a minute.
Onion, flour and a roux
  • flour
Sprinkle in the flour and cook, stirring, about two minutes to make a roux.
  • chicken broth
Add the chicken broth, scraping the bottom of the pan; bring back to a simmer.
  • ketchup
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ lemon lemon juice
Add ketchup, Worcestershire and the juice of half a lemon.
Cook, stirring occasionally, about four minutes until reduced and thickened.
Reduce heat to medium-low, return the patties and baste.
Simmer about five minutes, basting, until the chicken is heated through and fully cooked.
  • green onion tops
Serve with the mushrooms spooned over the top and green onion tops as garnish.
Plating and tasting