Chicken breast fillets are rubbed with liquid smoke, seasoned with aromatic spices and sautéed in clarified butter with sliced apples.

Smoky Chicken Breast Fillets and Apples

6 broiler-fryer chicken skinless, boneless breast fillets
1 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke - divided use
1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon mace
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons clarified butter
3 cooking apples, peeled, sliced

1. Rub each chicken breast fillet with 1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke.
2. In small bowl, mix together poultry seasoning, salt, mace, nutmeg, dry mustard and pepper; sprinkle on both sides of chicken and let sit about 5 minutes.*
3. In 10-inch nonstick frypan over medium temperature, pour clarified butter and heat about 2 minutes. Add seasoned chicken fillets and cook about 5 minutes.
4. Turn chicken and add apples, arranging so they touch bottom and sides of pan and lie on top of chicken; cook 5 minutes more.
5. Rearrange so that chicken is on top of apples; cook about 4 minutes more or until chicken and apples are tender.

Makes 6 servings.

* Chicken may be seasoned and refrigerated for later cooking, if desired.

Recipe provided courtesy of the National Chicken Council. Used with permission.