Chicken Sous Vide Vallee d’Auge

  4.2 – 9 reviews  • Gluten Free
Level: Intermediate
Total: 50 min
Active: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 4 chicken breasts
  2. 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  3. 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  4. 1 tablespoon olive oil
  5. 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  6. 2 apples, cored, peeled and sliced
  7. 2 shallots, finely chopped
  8. 4 ounces seasonal mushrooms
  9. 1/4 cup Calvados liquor
  10. 1 cup apple cider
  11. 1/2 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat a sous vide water bath to 160 degrees F, using an immersion circulator head. Place the chicken in vacuum bags and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Seal the bags with a vacuum sealer and then submerge in the heated water. Cook for 30 minutes.
  2. Remove the chicken from the bags and pat dry with paper towels. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and gently lay the breast of chicken in the skillet. Cook on each side for 1 minute and remove.
  3. Heat the butter in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the apples, shallots and mushrooms and brown for 3 minutes. Add the Calvados and flame with a lighter. When all the alcohol is evaporated, add the cider and let it simmer for 3 minutes. Add the cream and mix well. Then add the chicken. Place the chicken on plates, topped with the apples and mushrooms. Coat with a generous amount of sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 4 servings
Calories 620
Total Fat 25 g
Saturated Fat 11 g
Carbohydrates 26 g
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Sugar 19 g
Protein 64 g
Cholesterol 247 mg
Sodium 260 mg

Reviews

Timothy Rose
Delicious! With a few adjustments (because I read at the bottom of the post that it was a recipe for an industrial/ restaurant and not for a home setting, I made a couple small changes) .

I Sous Vide the chicken in my Instant Pot for 60 minutes (as recommended by the manual). I initially sauteed the shallots & mushrooms in olive oil and didn’t add the butter until I added the apples (so the butter wouldn’t scorch). And I simmered the almost completed sauce a bit longer to reduce it some more before adding in the cooked chicken.

Otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly (ingredients, quantities, & sequence)

I served mine with egg noodles. Hubby & I loved it. Delicious!

Robert Duran
Just got a sous vide and wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. This was an excellent first dish!
Brooke Dougherty
Took me some time to figure out the Sous Vide cooker, but once I figured it out the process was pretty cool. The Chicken was tender and the sauce with the apples after reduced made for great flavor. Great recipe, interesting cooking process. I am excited to try more with this cooker.

 

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