Wine-Braised Chicken with Artichoke Hearts

MADDIE DAY: Continuing my celebration of the release of A Poisonous Pour last week, I bring you another dish that features wine!

Wine-braised Chicken with Artichoke Hearts

Adapted from Alison Roman in NYT Cooking

Ingredients

4 boneless chicken thighs, or a mix of legs and thighs (1½ to 2 pounds)

Kosher salt and black pepper

1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for drizzling

2 (14-ounce) cans artichoke hearts, drained and halved lengthwise

1 medium red onion, sliced

1¼ cup dry white wine

A few sprigs of rosemary

1 cup parsley, chopped

Directions

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper.

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high, and add chicken, skin-side down. Cook, without flipping, until the skin is deeply golden and much of the fat has rendered, 8 to 10 minutes.

Using tongs, flip the chicken skin-side up. Let the undersides cook for another 5 or so minutes. Set chicken aside. Add onions to the pan, letting them sizzle and stirring until they get a little color, about 2 minutes. 

Add artichoke hearts and sizzle 3 more minutes. Add wine and rosemary, shaking skillet to make sure the wine is evenly distributed and scraping up any golden-brown bits. 

Add chicken back to the pan, over the artichoke hearts and onions. Bring to a simmer and place in the oven until chicken has finished cooking and sauce is reduced by about half, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove chicken from oven and scatter with parsley. 

Finish with more pepper and a drizzle of olive oil. Serve hot over rice.

Readers: How do you like your chicken? Do you ever cook with wine? (This magnet makes me giggle...)

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Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) is a talented amateur chef and holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau and sweet cat Martin north of Boston, where she’s currently working on her next mystery when she isn’t cooking up something delectable in the kitchen.