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5 whole chicken breasts
1/2 cup butter
Salt and freshly ground pepper -- to taste
4 green onions and green tops -- chopped
3 cloves garlic -- sliced
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons fine dried bread crumbs
1 teaspoon Hungarian paprika
1/2 cup dry white wine
parsley sprigs -- for garnish
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut each chicken breast in half lengthwise.
Remove skin and bones. Pat breasts dry with paper towels. In a large baking
dish, melt butter. Arrange breast halves side by side in dish, fleshy side
down. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, turn breasts over, and sprinkle other
side. Distribute onion and garlic evenly among and beneath breasts. In a
small bowl stir together sour cream, worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.
Pour over chicken breasts to cover completely. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and
paprika Bake chicken 30 minutes. Add half of the wine, pouring it in along
edge of dish. Bake chicken another 20 minutes and add the remaining wine,
again pouring it along edge of dish. Continue baking chicken until tender (15
to 30 minutes).
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