In a Dutch Oven
Chicken in White Wine
3 slices turkey bacon, chopped
1 (3½-pound) chicken, cut into 8 pieces and skinned
1 onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, sliced
1 head garlic, cloves peeled
1 tablespoon tomato paste
½ pound cremini mushrooms, sliced
1 cup frozen small onions
1 (14½-ounce) can reduced-sodium chicken broth
½ cup dry white wine or dry vermouth
½ pound small red potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
4 carrots, cut into 2-inch lengths
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 Heat nonstick Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook, stirring, until crisp, about 5 minutes; transfer to paper towels to drain.
2 Add chicken to Dutch oven, in two batches, and cook until lightly browned on all sides, about 5 minutes per batch. Transfer chicken to plate as it is browned.
3 Reduce heat to medium. Add chopped onion, celery, and garlic to Dutch oven; cook, stirring, until vegetables are lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Stir in tomato paste until smooth. Add mushrooms and frozen onions; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add broth, wine, potatoes, and carrots; bring to boil, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pot.
4 Return chicken and bacon to Dutch oven. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender and juices run clear when chicken thigh is pierced with a fork, about 25 minutes.
5 Meanwhile, whisk together flour and water in small bowl until smooth. Stir in about ¼ cup of hot stew liquid until blended. Add liquid to pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid bubbles and thickens, about 3 minutes. Serve sprinkled with parsley.
PER SERVING (
of chicken and about 1½ cups vegetables with sauce): 295 Cal, 7 g Total Fat, 2 g Sat Fat, 0 g Trans Fat, 96 mg Chol, 360 mg Sod, 22 g Carb, 7 g Sugar, 4 g Fib, 33 g Prot, 76 mg Calc.
FYI Originally this classic chicken and red wine stew was prepared with a rooster. Slow cooking it in red wine ensured the very flavorful meat would become meltingly tender. Nowadays, chicken stands in for the rooster in this ever-popular recipe.