Basque chicken
5
Points®
Total Time
45 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Moderate
Dishes prepared in the Basque style are strongly influenced by Spanish, French, and Portuguese cuisines where fish or meats are often cooked with ingredients like tomatoes, sweet peppers, and garlic. Sausages and cured meats are a big players too. Here, Canadian bacon stands in as a leaner alternative to the more traditional smoky players. Quick-cooking boneless, skinless chicken breasts soak up flavor in a superfast red wine braise that makes this a company-worthy dish you will turn to again and again.
Ingredients
Uncooked skinless boneless chicken breast
1 pound(s), cut into 1-inch pieces
Onion
2 medium, sliced
Red bell pepper
1 medium, seeded and sliced into thin strips
Yellow bell pepper
1 medium, seeded and sliced into thin strips
Garlic
3 clove(s), minced
Table wine
½ cup(s), white
Canned diced tomatoes
14½ oz, drained
Dried thyme
1 tsp
Cooked Canadian-style bacon
4 slice(s), diced
Table salt
⅛ tsp, or to taste
Black pepper
⅛ tsp, or to taste
Cooked white rice
2 cup(s)
Fresh parsley
1 Tbsp, chopped for garnish (optional)
