Chicken Alabam

I got this recipe from my mom and it is absolutely wonderful. The only reason I don't make it more often is because of the amount of cream in it. But, I decided that Valentine's Day was the perfect time to live a little and this became the main course of our dinner.

Ingredients:

8 chicken breasts

2/3 cup flour

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp thyme

7 Tbs butter

1/4 cup onions

2 cups chicken stock

1 cup light cream (or half-and-half)

1/2 tsp lemon juice

1 small jar pimentos

Mix flour, salt, paprika, pepper, and thyme in a plastic bag. Add chicken and shake to coat with four mixture.

Place chicken in a 9x13 pan and brush chicken with 3 tablespoons of melted butter. Or, you can just spoon it over like me - I didn't want my pastry brush touching raw chicken.

Broil chicken in oven until lightly brown.

Saute onions with remaining butter (4 tablespoons). Stir in extra flour mixture. Yep...you've just made a rue.

Add chicken stock and cop and stir until thick. Add cream and cook u neil thick again. Then add lemon juice and pimento.

Pour bechamel sauce (that's your sauce pictured above) over chicken. Cover dish and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes.

When it is done, your chicken will be perfectly tender and your sauce will taste great poured onto a large pile of rice. Absolutely wonderful!