Quick Chick-in-Wine with Brie-Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 75 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Ingredients:
2 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs and breasts |
1/2 bottle dry white wine |
2 pounds baby yukon gold potatoes |
salt |
1/2 cup cream |
1 golden delicious apple, peeled, cored and chopped |
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus a drizzle |
4 slices deli-cut bacon or thick cut pancetta, chopped |
freshly ground black pepper |
flour, for dredging plus 2 tablespoons |
1 onion, chopped |
2 cloves garlic, chopped |
2 ribs celery, chopped |
2 carrots, chopped or 1 cup shredded carrot |
1 bay leaf |
a few sprigs thyme, stripped and leaves chopped |
1/3 pound wedge brie, cut into pieces |
crusty, warm bread |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, add the chicken, cover with wine, and set aside.
2. Quarter the potatoes, leaving the skin-on. Place in a large pot, cover with water and bring up to a boil over medium heat. When the potatoes are cooked, drain and place in a medium bowl. Mash the potatoes, season with salt and set aside.
3. In a small pot, combine apple and cream and reduce over medium heat 15 minutes.
4. Drizzle olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, add the bacon and crisp 3 to 4 minutes. Remove to a plate.
5. While bacon crisps, remove the chicken to a work surface, reserving the wine. Cut chicken into large bite-size pieces, season with salt and pepper, dredge in flour then brown in bacon drippings. While chicken browns chop vegetables. Remove the chicken to a plate, then add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the skillet, season the vegetables with salt and pepper and add bay leaf and thyme. Cover pan to sweat vegetables 5 minutes then remove lid, stir in 2 tablespoons flour, cook 1 minute then stir in wine, add chicken back to pan and simmer together to thicken and the chicken is cooked through, a couple of minutes more.
6. To a food processor, add the apple-cream and brie, process until smooth and season with salt. Combine apple-brie mixture with the mashed potatoes.
7. Serve chicken with wine over brie mashed potatoes.
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