Chicken Breasts in Yogurt Turmeric Sauce with Green Peas

With fresh green peas, my preference, chicken breasts slathered in a sauce made bright yellow with turmeric is a dish for late spring to early summer. with frozen green peas, it's a dish for fall when the fresh peas have come and gone and the chickens have grown a bit plumper in the breast. Marinating the breasts before cooking adds to the velvety texture because yogurt, as middle eastern cooks know, is a natural tenderizer.

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