Chicken with Onions, Bay and Thyme
Preparation and cooking time:
35 minutes
We think of bay leaves as something that is used in tomato based dishes, but they have a wonderful flavor that marries well with thyme, and shines through in this simple dish.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, 300gr, 10.5oz
- 1 large or 2 small onions, 175gr, 6.2oz
- 2 cloves garlic, 6gr, .2oz
- 2 tsp olive oil, 9gr, .32oz
- 1 tsp thyme
- 2 bay leaves (laurel)
- 1/2 cup chicken broth, 112gr, 4oz
- 1/2 cup white wine, 120gr, 4.2oz
- 1 tbs tomato paste, 15gr, .5oz
- 1 tbs cornstarch (maizena, corn flour) dissolved in 2 tbs water, 8gr, .28oz
Instructions:
- Slice the onion and finely chop the garlic.
- Sauté onion in oil in nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, about 5 minutes.
- When onion starts to brown add garlic and sauté 1 minute longer.
- Move onion and garlic to the sides of the pan, add chicken breasts, and sauté until lightly browned, about 7 minutes.
- Stir in thyme, bay leaf, wine, stock and tomato paste.
- Cover, reduce heat and simmer until chicken is done, about 15 minutes.
- Dissolve cornstarch in chicken stock.
- Uncover, increase heat and remove bay leaves. Remove chicken to small platter.
- Add cornstarch to onions and stir until sauce is thickened. Spoon onions around chicken and serve.
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Nutrition Information |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements in this color are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search
