Instructions. 1  Flatten the chicken breasts: Pound the chicken breasts to an even thickness with the bottom of a wide jar or glass. 2  Season the chicken breasts: Lightly salt and pepper the chicken breasts. 3  Prepare the pan: Heat the sautÃ© pan over medium-high heat.  Cook the chicken breasts for 1 minute without moving: Turn the heat to medium.
For other uses, please see Banana republic (disambiguation) . The phrase banana republic was coined (ca. 1904) by the American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862â1910).Banana republic is a political science term for a politically unstable country, whose economy is largely dependent on exporting a limited-resource product, e.g. bananas.he Banana planter: Minor C. Keith, American businessman. The history of the first banana republic begins with the introduction of the banana to the US in 1870, by Lorenzo Dow Baker, captain of the schooner Telegraph.
His Cabbages and Kings (1904) is the origin of the term banana republic.. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut largely takes place in a fictional banana republic, the island of San Lorenzo. Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel Nostromo is set in Costaguana, a fictional South American banana republic that is also prone to revolution. Much political power is held by a foreign mining company.