Lavender Lime Chicken

Oh the summer breeze, perfect timing for my lavender to start popping out blossoms of fragrant bliss. Seriously, I've had so much time to work on new recipes and I just threw this one together last summer and never bothered to actually put it on here (mainly because I lost the piece of paper I had written the original recipe on) until today.

Ingredients for Lavender Lime Chicken:

4 Chicken Breasts (halved into butterflies)
8-10 Sprigs of Lavender
¼ Cup Lime Juice
1 Tblspn Lime Zest (about 2 Limes)
½ Cup Sugar
⅔ Cup Water
2 Cups Flour
3 Tsp Salt (divided)
1 Tsp Pepper (devided)
2 Large Eggs
½ Cup Milk/Cream/ Butter Milk
4 Tbs Butter (unsalted!)

Lets begin shall we. First off, pound out the chicken breasts slightly to make them more tender, and then place them into the egg and milk mixture then into the flour/salt/pepper mixture. What you are creating a dredge almost like making a chicken fried steak or a piccata. Once you have finished dredging the chicken let them rest in the fridge so that the flour ect. can stick better to the chicken when you pan fry it.

Ok so while the chicken is resting in the fridge start making your lavender lime sauce. Take the water, lime juice and sugar and bring it to a boil along with 1 tsp of salt and ½ tsp of pepper. Once it is boiling add in the flowering tops of the Lavender. Taste it and adjust accordingly. Once the sauce is near completion turn it off and add in 4 tbs of butter and mix it off the heat until dissolved and set it aside.

Now in a good sized pan on high heat add in 1 or 2 tablespoons of really good olive oil and place in the chicken 1-2 breasts at a time until everyone is golden brown and well done.

Tip: You can turn the oven on to 325ºF to keep the other pieces of chicken warm while you are cooking the next piece making sure you use a wire rack to make sure one side doesn't get soggy.

After all the chicken has been cooked, plate it up and top it with the Lavender Lime sauce and sprinkle on some Lime zest just to give it a bit of a kick at the end.

Enjoy!