Chicken Medallions In White Wine Reduction Recipes

CHICKEN MEDALLIONS IN WHITE WINE REDUCTION

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• Combine the salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a zip closure bag.
• Very lightly oil the chicken with olive oil.
• Sprinkle the mixture liberally over all sides of the chicken and press into the meat.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a heavy ovenproof skillet or roasting pan over medium high heat.
• Sear the chicken for a minute or so on all sides, sprinkle with Tarragon.
• Add ¼ cup of chicken broth to the skillet (to prevent smoking in the oven and keep meat moist).
• Transfer skillet to preheated oven and roast chicken for about 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove skillet from oven; transfer chicken to a cutting board, cover with aluminum foil and allow meat to rest. You can prepare up to this point and hold the meat under the foil for 35- 45 minutes if needed.
• Do not wash skillet or discard the roasting juices and bits. With skillet still hot, add the chopped onion and cook for a minute or so. Add ½ cup chicken broth to the skillet, scraping all the caramelized juices and bits with a spoon.
• Add the wine and bring to a boil to reduce the volume of the sauce by about half.
• If holding the final preparation, stop at this point, cover skillet, and turn heat off.
• Just before serving, slice the chicken into ¾" to 1" medallions.
• Return skillet to medium high heat, add about 2 tablespoons unsalted butter to the sauce and allow it to melt, taste and if needed adjust with a pinch or salt or pepper.
• Return the medallions to the hot pan and gently warm them in the sauce until completely cooked.
• Remove the medallions to warmed platter or serving plate, pour sauce over them, and serve.

PANFRIED CHICKEN LIVER IN WHITE WINE

Steps:

• Soak the chicken livers for 45 minutes then drain and dry.
• Saute the onion in the butter and olive oil til soft.
• Add garlic.
• Add bacon and fry til bacon is cooked.
• Add mushrooms and fry til soft.
• Chop the chicken livers in half.
• Add chicken livers to pan and brown.
• Add white wine and bring to boil.
• Reduce to simmer and simmer for five minutes.
• Add chicken stock.
• Cover and cook for approximately ten to fifteen minutes until reduced and chicken livers are cooked through.
• Add fresh herbs and stir through.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

CHICKEN WITH RED WINE REDUCTION

Steps:

• Put a good handful of flour in a bowl, pie plate, or deep dinner plate, and keep it near the stove. Mix the sauce ingredients together and keep handy also.
• Heat 2/3 of the butter and the olive oil in a large skillet (12") over medium heat. Test the oil/butter heat by flicking a little of the flour into it. If it sizzles and turns brown pretty quickly, it's ready to cook the chicken breasts. Dredge one of the chicken breasts in the flour, coating both sides well. Increase the heat of the pan to medium high when you place the first breast in the pan, dredge the next one and place in the pan, and so forth until all are in the pan. Cook for 3 or 4 minutes, then flip them in the same order as you placed them in the pan, and cook for 3 or 4 more minutes.
• When done, move the chicken breasts to a plate and keep them warm in the oven. Turn heat to high, add the chicken stock, red wine, mustard mixture to the pan and boil. Be sure and stir it well, all the time scraping up the bits of chicken, flour mix, etc. from the bottom of the pan. Tilt the pan to one side, and mix in the remaining Tablespoon of butter. Spoon the sauce over the chicken breats and serve immediately.

CHICKEN WITH WHITE WINE AND MUSHROOM REDUCTION

Steps:

• Cut chicken breasts in quarters, roughly 2 inch squares. Tenderize each piece between wax paper.
• Mix flour, dry mustard, sea salt and fresh ground pepper in a pie plate.
• Dredge chicken in flour mixture.
• Preheat a large, heavy skillet or electric frying pan to med-high.
• Fry mushroom slices in 15 ml olive oil until lightly browned, remove from pan to a plate.
• Saute onion slices until translucent, also remove from pan to same plate as mushrooms.
• Add another 15 ml olive oil to pan, brown both sides of chicken. Remove from pan to a plate.
• De-glaze pan with white wine, stirring constantly and removing all bits from bottom of pan.
• Add can of cream of mushroom soup and stir well until all lumps are gone.
• Return mushrooms, onions and chicken tenders to sauce, stir well.
• Reduce to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove cover, increase heat to medium, bring to a low boil until sauce reduces to desired consistency, approximately 5 minutes.
• Serve and enjoy.

GREEK CHICKEN ROULADES W/WHITE WINE REDUCTION

Steps:

• Dice 6 olives, set aside.
• Process remaining 6 olives, bread crumbs, tomatoes, zest, garlic & oregano in a food processor until minced.
• Using a meat mallet, pound chicken between plastic wrap to a thickness of 1/4".
• Spread olive-tomato filling on chicken.
• Roll chicken & secure with toothpicks.
• Saute roulades in oil in a large nonstick skillet over mediium-high heat until browned, about 4 minutes per side.
• Remove roulades to a plate.
• Add onion to skillet, saute 2 minutes.
• Add wine, cook until liquid is reduced by half, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add broth and bring mixture to a boil, add diced olives and roulades.
• Cover skillet and reduce heat.
• Simmer for 10 minutes then remove roulades to a plate.
• Whisk together lemon juice & cornstarch and stir into sauce in skillet, simmer 1 minute.
• Slice roulades and serve with sauce.