Chicken Breasts With Cherries And Port Wine Recipes

CHERRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pat the chicken thighs (or breasts) dry with a paper towel and season with kosher salt. Let it sit out while you prep the rest of the ingredients.
• Whisk together the balsamic, honey, olive oil, shallots, salt and pepper. Place the chicken in a re-sealable plastic bag and pour in the marinade. Seal the bag and make sure all the chicken is coated. Let sit at least 30 min and up to overnight in the fridge. Take out of the fridge 30 minutes before placing in hot oven.
• Meanwhile, pit the cherries and set aside.
• To cook chicken: about 30 min before, take it out of the fridge so chicken can come to room temperature. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place chicken thighs (or breasts) skin side up in a shallow roasting dish or cast iron skillet. Nestle the rosemary springs in between the chicken pieces of top with the pitted cherries, moving them around so they fall in between the chicken pieces leaving as much as the skin exposes as possible. The pour the marinade over the chicken. The marinade should generously cover the bottom of the pan.
• Slide the pan into the oven and rotate every 10-12 minutes.
• Cooking times; for breasts: cook 20 minutes; for thighs: cook 45minutes. If using both remove the breasts while the dark meat continues cooking.
• When the dark meat is tender at the bone and cooked through, return breasts to the pan and increase oven to 450 F. Let the sauce reduce and the chicken skin get dark and crispy, about 12 minutes. Move the cherries around again in needed to expose more chicken skin. Brush the chicken with the marinade from the pan every 3-4 minutes to glaze them.
• Serve warm, with crunchy sea salt and freshly grinded black pepper.

CHICKEN BREAST IN A PORT AND RAISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Soak the raisins in the port wine at least 1 hour or, preferably, overnight. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. When hot, saute the chicken breasts on one side until golden brown. Turn the chicken over and transfer to an ovenproof dish. Bake for 10 minutes. In the meantime, in the saute pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the shallots and sweat them for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute them for 2 minutes. Add the vinegar and reduce until almost dry. Stir in the raisins and their soaking liquid. Cook until the liquid is reduced by half. Add the cream or evaporated milk, nutmeg, and cornstarch mixture. Cook for 2 more minutes, but do not bring to a boil. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Spoon the sauce onto serving plates, set a chicken breast on top, and garnish with fresh herbs.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CHERRIES AND PORT WINE

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper and dip chicken in flour.
• Melt butter with oil. Fry chicken just until it changes color. (Meat is still raw inside.)
• Remove chicken from pan and place chicken in 1 layer in baking dish.
• Add the red wine, cherry juice, orange juice, lemon peel and port into the pan where the chicken was fried. Season with salt and pepper. Add cherries.
• Pour this sauce over the chicken breasts. Bake, uncovered in casserole for 30 to 40 minutes (or until tender) at 350 degrees. Serve with the cherries and sauce poured over the chicken and a teaspoon of red currant jelly on the side. Garnish with parsley.

CHICKEN WITH PORT-MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer to plate. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in same skillet. Season chicken with salt and pepper; coat with flour. Add to skillet; sauté until just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to plate. Tent with foil.
• Add garlic to same skillet and sauté 1 minute. Add Port and bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Add stock, cream and rosemary and boil until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Return mushrooms to skillet; stir until heated through, about 1 minute.
• Slice chicken on diagonal; arrange on plates. Pour sauce over and serve.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH PORT AND DRIED CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Season chicken and dredge it in the flour. Shake off excess.
• Mix the sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• In a 12" skillet heat the oil and butter. Increase the heat to medium high before adding the chicken.
• Add the chicken and cook about 4 minutes without moving the chicken. Turn over and cook another 3-4 minutes. Make sure chicken is cooked.
• Transfer to a plate and keep warm.
• Take the bowl with sauce ingredients and add them to the pan and boil stirring and scraping all the browned bits in the pan over high heat until the liquid is smooth and glossy.
• Spoon over the chicken and serve immediately.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine flour and salt. Add chicken, one piece at a time, and shake to coat. In a large skillet over medium heat, brown chicken in butter on both sides. Remove from the heat., In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, orange juice, onion, orange zest, ginger and cinnamon. Bring to a boil; cook for 5 minutes or until slightly reduced and sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; stir in cherries., Pour sauce over chicken. Cover and cook over low heat for 30-35 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°., Remove chicken to a serving platter; keep warm. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into the sauce. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with chicken.

CHICKEN WITH CHERRY WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. In a large cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet, heat 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Brown chicken on both sides. Bake until a thermometer reads 165°, 12-15 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine wine and sugar. Bring to a boil; cook, uncovered, until liquid is reduced by half, 4-5 minutes. Reduce heat to low; whisk in remaining butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until blended. Stir in cherries; serve with chicken.