Chicken Marengo Recipe

Chicken marengo chicken thighs served with peas and mashed potatoes

This is a beautiful, and over the top Chicken Marengo Recipe. A French inspired chicken recipe that's perfect for entertaining. Hearty and with a sauce that's full of amazing flavors.

Course Main Course Chicken

Cuisine French

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 30

Servings

Calories 639kcal

Author Lea Ann Brown

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons Olive oil
8 chicken thighs
1 onion chopped
4 cloves garlic chopped
⅓ cup flour
1 cup white wine
1 ½ cups Chicken Broth
3 medium tomatoes rough chopped
½ cup golden raisins
½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon each thyme and basil and rosemary
1 bay leaf
2 Tablespoons olive oil
6-12 Pearl onions (optional ingredient) peeled, left whole
½ pound mushrooms sliced
2 large carrots sliced
juice of one lemon
1 cup large pitted black olives sliced in half
¼ Cup brandy

Instructions

In a large fry pan add 2 T each butter and olive oil.
Add the chicken thighs.
As the pieces brown, transfer them to Dutch oven. In the same pan that the chicken was browned, saute onion until soft. Add garlic, flour and cook abut 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Add the white wine and Chicken Broth
Stir constantly for about 3 minutes until the pan is deglazed and the sauce is smooth and creamy.
Stir in the chopped tomatoes
Pour over the browned chicken in the Dutch oven. Sprinkle the chicken and sauce with raisins, pepper, thyme, basil and rosemary. Add the bay leaf.
Move the chicken around so the sauce will surround them. Bring to a boil, turn down heat and let simmer partially covered for about an hour.
Meanwhile in 2 tablespoons of olive oil saute the pearl onions, mushrooms and carrots.
When vegetables are slightly softened, add them to the Dutch oven.
Sprinkle the vegetables in the dish with the juice of one lemon and the olives. Add the brandy.
Return the sauce to a boil, stirring often for about 15 minutes. This will reduce and intensify the flavor of the sauce.
Fish out the bay leaf. Serve piping hot over buttered egg noodles or mashed potatoes, drizzling sauce over all.

Notes

*Fresh pearl onions are not readily available. You can find them in the freezer section. This is an optional ingredient. I personally don't use them, because I think the flavor is strong.

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