Chicken In Red Wine

By Barbara Kafka

Updated October 11, 2023

Total Time
47 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
27 minutes
Rating
4(15)
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Ingredients

Yield:8 servings (231 calories per serving)

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil

  • ½ pound mushrooms, cleaned and sliced with stems attached

  • ½ pound pearl onions, peeled

  • 2 chickens (2 ½ pounds each), cut into serving pieces and skinned

  • ¼ cup brandy

  • 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar

  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste

  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme

  • 1 ½ bay leaves

  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt

  • 16 large garlic cloves, smashed and peeled

  • 1 cup chicken broth

  • 2 cups dry red wine

  • ⅓ cup cornstarch

  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste

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Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)

17 grams carbs; 214 milligrams cholesterol; 754 calories; 18 grams monosaturated fat; 9 grams polyunsaturated fat; 12 grams saturated fat; 44 grams fat; 2 grams fiber; 767 milligrams sodium; 56 grams protein; 3 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Place olive oil in the bottom of a dish 14 by 11 by 2 inches. Add mushrooms to oil and toss, making sure they are coated with oil; mound them in center of the dish. Place onions around inside edge of dish. Fit chicken breasts, meaty side up, in center of dish on top of mushrooms. Arrange the rest of the chicken around the breasts.

  2. Step 2

    Add brandy, vinegar, tomato paste, thyme, bay leaves and salt. Tuck garlic between chicken pieces. Pour broth and wine over all. Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap. Cook at 100 percent for 22 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Remove from oven. Prick plastic and uncover carefully. Remove chicken pieces to a serving platter and keep warm.

  4. Step 4

    Stir ½ cup of the cooking liquid into the cornstarch. Whisk into liquid in dish. Add pepper. Cook, uncovered, at 100 percent power for 5 minutes.

  5. Step 5

    Remove from oven. Stir well. Add chicken to sauce. Remove bay leaves. Serve immediately.

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pmendoza

Quick meal: great way to use up misc veggies and a few cups of not-so-favorite red wine. When they say smash the garlic, do it. I used 3 boneless, skinless breasts and six boneless, skinless thighs…breasts were perfectly cooked.

Renee

They make perfect sense if you happened to notice the recipe source, “Microwave Cooking”, listed beneath the title.

Annie

The instructions on this make no sense!

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