Chicken With Pear Sauce

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (thawed)
• 4 teaspoons cinnamon (divided)
• 4 fresh pears (peeled, cored and cut into chunks, reserve the pear cores)
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon asiago cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 in a large skillet, warm the oil over medium-high heat.
• 3 sprinkle both sides of the chicken breasts with half of cinnamon. add the breasts to the skillet and cook for about 5 minutes on each side or until browned; transfer to a plate and set aside.
• 4 remove as much flesh as possible from each one of the cores. place in a microwave safe bowl (2 celsius capacity) along with chicken broth. microwave for 2 ½ minutes on high. set aside.
• 5 put chopped pears, cinnamon, salt, allspice, sugar and broth/pear liquid into a food processor. process until the mixture is of applesauce-like consistency. stir in the raisins.
• 6 place chicken breasts into a lightly greased, 2 quart capacity casserole dish. cover with the pear mixture. sprinkle the top with 1 tablespoon of asiago cheese. bake uncovered at 325 for 35 minutes. serve over a bed of steamed rice.