CHICKEN with Lemon Sage Sauce

Ingredients – Serves 2

2 chicken breasts

1 lemon, juiced and divided

1 tablespoon flour

1 clove garlic, crushed

1/2 teaspoon fennel (optional)

3/4 cup chicken stock

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon sage

Salt

Black pepper

Olive oil

• Make a paste with the flour, garlic and lemon juice.   
• Coat the chicken with the paste and leave for half an hour.
• Put a little olive oil in a sauce pan.   
• Scrape the paste off the chicken and keep for the next step.   I forgot to scrape off the paste, but it worked well as a coating and hubby enjoyed it so I guess you could do it either way.  Fortunately my pan wasn't too hot that it burned and all worked out well.
• Add the chicken and the fennel seeds to the pan and fry the chicken on each side.  I also omitted the fennel seeds - thought I had some, but didn't after all.
• If the paste is quite thick, thin it with a little water or stock then add it to the pan and stir with a wooden spoon. Since I messed up above, I did add a little stock (thought about using wine, but didn't want to mess with her recipe since it smelled perfect).
• Then add the rest of the stock, sage, salt and pepper. 
• Bring to the boil then lower to a very gentle simmer for about 20 minutes.  
• Mix the egg yolk with a little lemon juice.    
• Remove the chicken from the pan.   
• Stir in the lemon juice.  Keep stirring as it thickens, but don’t let it boil.
• Serve the sauce over the chicken with rice or potatoes and vegetables.