Gjetost cheese is a Norwegian goat’s milk cheese that is firm in texture, brown in color, and provides a sweet caramel flavor. It is frequently served on bread as a breakfast food. Children tend to like it because of the sweet taste. Ekte Gjetost means it is all goats milk, otherwise the cheese can be made with a mixture of cow’s and goat’s milk. Besides chicken, Norwegian meatballs swimming gjetost sauce is a fan favorite of kids and adults.

Norwegian Chicken With Gjetost Sauce

This wonderful chicken dish highlight Norway's unique, almost sweet gjetost cheese. It's easy to make a make a nice midweek dinner with mashed potatoes and something green. Gjetost cheese can be found in most any upscale market.

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Course: Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: North Western European, Norway, Scandanavian

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 55

Total Time: 1

Servings:

Author: My Hungry Traveler

Equipment

Frying pan with cover

Ingredients

2 lb Chicken breasts, boneless and skinless.
½ cup Sherry wine
Kosher salt and white pepper
½ cup Parsely, chopped
2 tbsp Unsalted butter, preferably European
½ cup Heavy cream
1 cup Chicken broth
1 cup Gjetost cheese, shredded

Instructions

Cut chicken into chunks. Rub with salt and pepper. Brown chicken pieces in butter over medium-high heat
Add broth and sherry to the browned chicken. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until chicken is tender, about 45 minutes. Remove chicken to a bowl and cover lightly to keep warm.
Add cream and half of the parsley to the drippings in the pan. Simmer over medium heat until sauce reduced to about 1 cup.
Stir in cheese and cook just until it is melted. Pour chicken and accumulated juices into the pan. Turn off heat and serve sprinkled with remaining chopped parsley.