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Braised Chicken with Mushrooms and Vegetables

A rich, savory, aromatic dish with an Italian accent! Everything about this recipe just works — the flavors come together beautifully and play off one another. It's wonderful over pasta, polenta, rice, or a scoop of mashed potatoes.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 41 % 9 g
Fats 50 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 9 % 2 g
147 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Gather your ingredients.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Sear the chicken in the olive oil until golden brown.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Meanwhile, slice the mushrooms.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Chop the onion.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Dice the bell pepper.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Take the seared chicken out of the pan and, in the fat left behind, sauté the mushrooms, onion, and pepper.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Cook until the vegetables are soft.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Score the garlic cloves with a shallow cross, add them to the pan, and cook for about 1 minute.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Return the chicken to the pan with the vegetables.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Pour in the chicken broth.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Add the tomato juice. (Mine is homemade with pulp, but canned tomatoes in their own juice work great here too, or in a pinch, good tomato paste thinned with water to the right volume.)

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Pour in the wine.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    Season with salt.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    Season with pepper.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Add the seasonings — ground red pepper to taste and dried basil (or oregano).

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Simmer for 30 minutes.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17

    Halve the olives (leave them out if they're not your thing) and finely chop the fresh herbs.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18

    Bring to a boil, stir, turn off the heat, cover, and let the dish rest so the flavors settle.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19

    Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Category I chicken - 238  kcal/100g
  • Chicken of the II category - 159  kcal/100g
  • Chicken, flesh without skin - 241  kcal/100g
  • Chickens - 140  kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27  kcal/100g
  • Champignons - 24  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Fresh basil - 27  kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251  kcal/100g
  • White wine - 78  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Ground red pepper - 318  kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913  kcal/100g
  • Tomato juice - 21  kcal/100g
  • Chicken broth - 19  kcal/100g

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