Easy Chicken with Red Wine Sauce and Vlita
 
 
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Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Main Course
Ingredients/ Συστατικά
  • 1 kilo / 2lb vlita greens, cleaned thoroughly
  • 3 chicken breasts, skinless, boneless
  • 300 gr. / 11 oz. mushrooms, sliced
  • ½ cup red wine + ½ cup more for the corn starch
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • Salt, pepper
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
  1. In a pot add water and bring to boil.
  2. Add the cleaned Vlita and boil just until they start to become soft.
  3. Remove, drain and pour some tub water to stop them boiling.
  4. Cut chicken breasts in lengthwise in half.
  5. Salt and pepper them
  6. In a skillet pour some olive oil and sauté the breasts in medium high heat for a minute or two, leaving them semi ready (they will be cooked with the sauce as well).
  7. Remove and keep warm.
  8. In the same skillet pour couple of tbsp. of olive oil and sauté the mushrooms until they are soft.
  9. Add the ½ cup of wine and deglaze.
  10. Let it boil and reduce to half and pour the chicken stock, salt and pepper.
  11. Lower heat to medium and add the chicken breasts.
  12. Let it cook for ten to fifteen minutes and then add the rest ½ cup of wine with 2 tbsp of corn starch dissolved in it.
  13. When the sauce starts to thicken remove from fire.
  14. Serve with the greens on the side.
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/easy-chicken-with-red-wine-sauce-and-vlita/