Chicken Breast With Hot Pepper Jelly

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons hot pepper jelly
• 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 4 boneless chicken breast halves
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 celery ribs
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 pound chicken breast to an even thickness.
• 2 cut celery stalks into 2 inch long "matchsticks".
• 3 in a small bowl, combine the pepper jelly and mustard, set aside.
• 4 season both sides of the chicken breast with salt and pepper.
• 5 in a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat, when foam cooks down, add chicken breast.
• 6 cook 5 minutes on each side.
• 7 tilt the skillet and pour off most of the fat.
• 8 add 1 tbs. water and shake skillet to loosen browned chicken bits.
• 9 push chicken to one side of skillet.
• 10 add celery sticks, stirring for 1 miunte.
• 11 add pepper jelly mixture and lemon juice.
• 12 shake to coat the chicken with the sauce.
• 13 cook until the sauce is reduced to just a glaze. (30-40 seconds).
• 14 transfer chicken to a serving dish and garnish the top with the celery matchsticks.