“Garlic Wine Chicken”—a dish that’s bursting with flavors! The smell of roasted garlic is something that none of us can resist. It’s earthy and there’s flavor even in the air. With just three main ingredients, seasoning and a few other spices, you can enjoy this dish any time.
The best thing about this dish is that you can have it with white rice or noodles and if you want to take a healthy approach, brown rice will do too. So, don your apron and get ready to make the easiest dish, with which you might fall in love at the first hint of garlic’s aroma.
Health Facts:
White wine is made from green grapes, after their skin is removed. While this reduces its medicinal properties when compared to red wine, it still has various health benefits such as:
- It is full of antioxidants
- Fights against breast cancer
- Reduces hangover
- Dry white wine contains fewer calories and les sweetness
As for garlic, it has potent medicinal properties and a few other health benefits such as:
- It is low in calories and highly nutritious
- It combat’s common cold
- Improves cholesterol levels
May give you a longer life
Ingredients
minced garlic cloves: 3
boneless chicken breasts (skinned): 4
white wine
olive oil: 2 tbsp
sliced mushrooms: 5
chopped onion: 1/2 cup
basil: 1 tsp
a dash Worcestershire sauce
Butter: 1/4 cup
salt and pepper
pint light cream: 1
Parsley: 1 tsp
How To Make Garlic Wine Chicken
- In a pan, add the chicken breasts and olive oil. Light brown the sides and then turn down the heat.
- Add mushrooms, garlic, butter and onion into the pan, and sauté for 5 minutes on high heat.
- When the onions turn translucent, add Worchester sauce and wine, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add cream, parsley, basil, pepper and salt into the pan and let the sauce simmer on low heat (high heat will curdle the cream).
- Allow the sauce to cook for 25 minutes and then let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Place the chicken in a serving bowl and if you like, top it with noodles.
Enjoy!
Trivia
- Did you know white wine has been around us for 2,500 years? While the exact date has not yet been confirmed on when wine was introduced for the first time but its origin is known to be Iran.
- By Monastic orders from Benedictines and Cistercians in the Middle Ages, wine was introduced to the public.
- It is believed that wine actually helps in improving sex life.
- The champagne Dom Pérignon is actually named after a Monk
Most of the wine names are coined after the origin of their grapes