Name: Chicken Breasts with Rock-Shrimp Sauce
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 small skinless boneless chicken breast halves (1 1/4 lb total); 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic; 3/4 cup dry white wine; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 3/4 lb peeled rock shrimp* or peeled medium shrimp; 1/4 cup heavy cream; 1/2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives

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Chicken Breasts with Rock-Shrimp SauceRomulo Yanes

Pair this surf-and-turf dish with white rice to soak up the delicious rock-shrimp sauce — a quick and easy variation on Marcella Hazan's pink shrimp sauce (from "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking"), which she serves over pasta.

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