Smart Recipes with Umami

Chicken Breast Sautee with Anchovy Butter Source

  • Umami-rich Recipes with Chicken

Umami in the chicken and anchovy sauce add style to the dish.
It is filling enough for the main course and can be served hot or cold.

 Ingredients( for 2 persons )

  • 1 chicken breast
    (approximately 300g)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter (salted)
  • 1/4 tbsp chopped garlic
  • 2 fillets anchovies
  • 5 tbsp white wine
  • 1/2 cup (100ml) chicken bouillon*
    *1/3 consomme cube for 100ml water
  • 1/4 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tbsp chopped parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste

 Recipes

  • 1. Season the chicken breast with salt and pepper. Chop the anchovies.
  • 2. Heat olive oil to medium heat in a frying pan and put the chicken breast skin-side down. Sear the chicken on both sides until golden brown. Add the white wine and cover until the chicken is done. Arrange on a plate.
  • 3. Wipe off the excess fat from the pan, add butter and garlic. Cook until there is a smell sweet, then add the anchovy and white wine. Burn off the alcohol, add chicken bouillon, lemon juice and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
  • 4. Sprinkle the sauce from 3 on the chicken from 2.

Umami Score of Main Ingredients in the Recipe

 鶏肉

Chicken

Glutamate :
20〜50mg/100g

Inosinate :
150〜230mg/100g

アンチョビ

Anchovies

Glutcamate :
630mg/100g

調理時間 20分

  • Cooking time : 20 minutes
  • Calorific Value : 580 kcal

Chicken is rich in umami substance; glutamate and inosinate, anchovy is rich in glutamate. Pairing of these two ingredients provides umami synergy and makes dish tasty.

Source

「うま味」パワーの活用便利帳

By using umami power, make your daily dishes more delicious

Seishun shuppannsha 2013 August

  • About 150 recipes by cooking specialist Fumiyo Kawakami are presented in the book.
  • The Umami Information Center provides basic umami information and Dr. Takashi Yamamoto, our president, supervised the book.