Creamy Coq au Vin Blanc

Chicken is baked with mushrooms and tomatoes in a cream-based white wine sauce, also known as coq au vin blanc in French.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 569 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 tomato, sliced
• ¼ cup shredded Gruyere cheese
• 1 cup chopped sweet onion
• 4 bone-in chicken thighs with skin
• 1 (6 ounce) package portobello mushroom caps
• 2 tablespoons white cooking wine, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a nonstick pot over medium heat. Add chicken thighs, Italian seasoning, and garlic; cook until chicken is browned on both sides, about 5 minutes per side. Mix mushrooms and tomato into chicken mixture; reduce heat, cover pot, and cook until mushrooms are softened, about 30 minutes.

Step 3

Drain accumulated juices from chicken-mushroom-tomato mixture into a separate saucepan and transfer chicken-mushroom-tomato mixture to the prepared baking dish.

Step 4

Pour wine into saucepan with juices and bring to a boil. Add cream and Gruyere cheese; cook and stir until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth, 3 to 4 minutes.

Step 5

Stir cornstarch and water together in a small bowl until cornstarch is dissolved; mix into cream sauce until smooth and thickened. Pour sauce over chicken-vegetable mixture; top with onion.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).