Artichoke Chicken

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Paprika, to taste
• 4 chicken breasts, skinned
• 1/2 cup butter, divided
• 1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms, drained or 8 large fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup sherry
• 1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained

Instructions

1. Sprinkle salt, pepper and paprika over chicken breasts and brown in 1/4 cup butter. Set aside.
2. Sauté mushrooms in remaining butter. Add flour, chicken broth and sherry. Mix.
3. Place artichoke hearts in bottom of 2-quart casserole or 10-inch oven skillet. Place chicken breasts over this. Pour mushroom, flour, chicken broth and sherry mixture over chicken breasts and artichokes.
4. Bake, covered, at 300 degrees F for 60 minutes.
5. Uncover and bake for an additional 60 minutes.
6. Serve over rice.