I absolutely love when fresh herbs are on sale in the winter. I get so spoiled in the summer with the endless supply of my home grown herbs, that I miss them so much in the winter. Generally they run between $2.00-4.00 for a small bunch of herbs when you buy them at the store. I was at Ingles the other day when I found them Buy One, Get One FREE! I grabbed a pack of sage and a pack of basil. I really like to use sage with chicken whenever I get the chance. I also noticed Boar’s Head prosciutto was on sale for $1.10 off per pound at the Publix deli. I knew that I could make something delightful with these items.
I have always been a huge fan of the under-appreciated, yet salty and lean meat, prosciutto. Recently, I have noticed it gaining popularity in the food magazines which makes me very happy. In fact, a prosciutto and egg biscuit graced the cover of Food and Wine in January. Go prosciutto…way to keep up the fight to the top!!!
Prosciutto and Sage Chicken Breast
Serves 4
Total Price- $5.42
Total Price per Person- $1.35
Average Retail Price- $9.75
Total Savings- $4.33
4 8-oz chicken breasts
12 fresh sage leaves
4 oz very thinly sliced prosciutto cut into 12 strips
4 tbsp extra virgin oil
2/3 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tsp corn starch
4 lemon wedges
Directions – preheat oven to 375:
1. Dry, salt and pepper chicken breasts
2. Place 3 sage leaves on each breast
3. Wrap each breast with 4 strips of prosciutto securing the sage in place
4. Sear chicken 2 minutes each side in a pan over medium-high heat with 2 tsp olive oil
5. Remove chicken from pan and place in the oven for 6-7 minutes or until done
6. Combine broth lemon juice and cornstarch in a small bowl, stir with whisk until well misked
7. Add lemon juice mixture and one tbsp olive oil to the pan
8. Bring to a boil stirring constantly
9. Cook for one minute until thickened, stir with a whisk
10. Spoon sauce over chicken and serve with angel hair pasta or polenta.
Sales used in this recipe-
Sage- BOGO Ingles
Prosciutto- $1.10 off per pound Publix
Angel Hair- Publix- $0.50 off
Cook With Coupons 
This sounds delicious! Would you believe that I tasted Proscuitto for the first time this week? I think I might try this with the chicken breasts I have out for tomorrow. Thanks for the inspiration!
Yeah! It’s fun. Blake liked the sage but I took it off and just enjoyed the flavor. Pour the sauce over the chicken and the noodles. Let me know how it goes.
Okay- so here is my version of this recipe that I created tonight- thought I would share it with you because of your inspiration.
I halved 1 chicken breast to make 2 thin cutlets and pounded it flat. I put 1 piece of proscuitto on each cutlet, put on 1 wedge of laughing cow cheese- elongated to fit better. I rolled the chicken up (cordon Bleu style)- then, I put butter spray all over it and rolled it in a little bit of bread crumbs.
Baked it at 350 for about 30 minutes along with roasted sweet potato cubes. Delicious! I think the lemon sauce would have made it even better- I forgot to put it on.
Also- we started the meal with Kale Chips (Allrecipes.com)- delicious and nutritious! This is a great weight watcher meal.
oops- I forgot to tell you- I put sage leaves inside too- that made it great!