White Wine Tomato Braised Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, cook rice according to package instructions. Spread 3 cups cooked rice on a rimmed baking sheet to cool; refrigerate for Chicken Fried Rice, up to 1 day. Cover remaining rice in pan to keep warm; set aside.
• While rice is cooking, season chicken with salt and pepper. In a 5-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil over medium-high. Working in batches, cook chicken until browned, 4 to 5 minutes per side; transfer to a plate (reserve pot).
• Return chicken and any juices to pot; add wine and thyme. Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer, and cook, partially covered, until chicken is opaque throughout, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove 4 chicken thighs; refrigerate for Chicken Fried Rice, up to 1 day.
• Add peas and tomatoes to pot; cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes are softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Serve chicken and vegetables over rice, garnished with thyme sprigs.

Steps:

• Place the skinless, bone-in chicken thighs in a 4-quart (or larger) crock pot.
• Cook bacon ~ drain well ~ crumble bacon over chicken in crock pot.
• IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, cook onion, over medium heat, in 2 tablespoons reserved bacon fat, stirring, until softened, 3 to 6 minutes. Add garlic, thyme, fennel seeds, pepper and bay leaf and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add wine, bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes, scraping up any browned bits. Add tomatoes and their juice and salt; stir well.
• Pour the tomato-wine mixture over chicken.
• IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME, place the following into crock pot over the chicken: crumbled bacon, sliced onion, garlic, thyme, fennel seeds, pepper, bay leaf, wine, tomatoes and their juice, and salt!
• Cover and cook until the chicken is very tender, about 3 hours on High, or 6 hours on Low. Remove the bay leaf.
• Serve chicken and sauce over cooked noodles, or rice ~ garnish with chopped parsley.

Steps:

• Season chicken pieces lightly.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add chicken and cook until light brown, about 5 minutes per side.
• Transfer chicken to bowl with slotted spoon.
• Add onion, livers, bacon and spices and saute until onion is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Mix in wine and tomato paste.
• Add broth and bring to the boil, scraping up any browned bits.
• Return chicken and any juices to skillet, turning chicken to coat with sauce.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until breasts are cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer chicken breasts to bowl.
• Cover and simmer remaining chicken about 15 minutes longer.
• Transfer pieces to bowl.
• Boil down liquid remaining in pot until thickened to sauce consistency, adding any juices in bowl, about 20 minutes.
• Strain sauce through fine sieve.
• Degrease.
• Return sauce and chicken to skillet (can be prepared 1 day ahead to this point. Reheat gently over low heat.) Serve with polenta poured into center of large serving platter.
• Place chicken pieces around and spoon sauce over all.

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to skillet and sauté until golden, about 4 minutes per side. Add garlic and stir 30 seconds. Add white wine, cream and tomatoes and bring to boil. Cover skillet, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until chicken is just cooked through, about 3 minutes. Transfer chicken to plates. Add basil to sauce in skillet. Increase heat and boil until sauce thickens enough to coat spoon, about 2 minutes. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper; spoon over chicken and serve.