Boneless Chicken Recipe
Chicken in White Wine Sauce
Photo Description:
This photo shows you what a rich and creamy dish this is. Chicken in white wine sauce is a great meal to serve when the weather is cold and you fancy something soothing and warming. Alternatively, you can serve it with a colorful, crisp, fresh salad, like in the photo, for a spring or summer dish. If you enjoy experimenting with grilled chicken recipes, smoked chicken recipes and perhaps other easy chicken recipes, you will very much enjoy this chicken in white wine sauce, because it is simple yet delicious and it is versatile enough to serve with any side dish you like.
One Pan Chicken - Chicken in White Wine Sauce
Chicken is mild tasting, which means that creamy, white wine based sauces work really well, especially in boneless chicken recipes. Of course, the versatility of chicken also makes it the perfect candidate for spicy, rich sauces. This chicken in white wine sauce recipe is quite simple and contains mushrooms, cream, and onions for a tasty, delicate flavor. This is quite a straightforward recipe so it is ideal for new cooks. There is nothing that can go wrong if you follow the recipe!
This recipe is made in one pan and does not have a long cooking time so it is a great one to make at the end of a long day when you do not feel like spending hours in the kitchen but you do want to make something delicious. You can serve this chicken in white wine with rice or noodles and some seasonal vegetables. If you enjoy making crockpot chicken recipes, you will be pleased to discover there are also plenty of slow cooker recipes, which combine chicken and creamy sauces, although with many of them you need to add the cream near the end, or at the end, of the cooking time, since cream does not slow cook well.
This chicken in white wine sauce recipe makes a beautiful filling for baked potatoes. You might like to serve it over toast or with bread. Alternatively, you could serve it over a bed of rice or with pasta. Why not try polenta or couscous, for a change, if you fancy something other than potatoes or rice as your side dish?
Chicken in White Wine Sauce
Ingredients -
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 stick butter
½ cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons cornstarch
½ tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons finely sliced green onion tops
1 cup half & half
Salt and black pepper, to taste
¼ lb chopped mushrooms
Preparation:
Chop the chicken into small pieces, then sauté them in the butter in a skillet until the chicken is golden brown.
Transfer it to a bowl.
Add the onions and mushrooms to the skillet with the olive oil.
Cook over a medium high heat for 10 minutes, and then pour in the wine.
Keep cooking the mixture until the wine evaporates.
Add the butter and turn the mixture down to a simmer.
Add the cornstarch to the half & half, and then add the rest of the wine.
Pour this mixture into the pan and let it simmer.
Keep stirring all the time until the mixture thickens, then add the chicken and warm it through.
Serve over noodles or rice.
A green salad and mashed potatoes make a nice side dish too.
(Serves 4)