Thyme-Infused Chicken Breasts with Pomegranate Sauce

Name: Thyme-Infused Chicken Breasts with Pomegranate Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 black peppercorns; 1 kilograms bone-in skin-on chicken breasts (about; 2 teaspoons packed brown sugar; 2 Tbsps butter, softened; 118 milliliters chicken broth; 118 milliliters white wine or chicken broth; 118 milliliters pomegranate juice or cranberry juice; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 clove garlic, finely chopped; 4 cloves garlic, smashed; 2 Tbsps finely chopped onion; 118 milliliters salt (preferably non-iodized); 1 fresh thyme sprig; 3 fresh thyme sprigs; 2 teaspoons tomato paste; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 2 liters quarts cold water

Thyme-Infused Chicken Breasts with Pomegranate Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 58g of protein, 38g of fat, and a total of 629 calories. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up garlic, skin-on chicken breasts, flour, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

In large bowl, mix cold water, salt, peppercorns, smashed garlic and 3 thyme sprigs until salt is dissolved.

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Fresh Thyme

Peppercorns

Garlic

Water

Salt

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Bowl

Add chicken and stir well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes but no more than 3 hours.

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Whole Chicken

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Remove chicken from brine and pat dry with paper towels.

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Whole Chicken

Brine

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Paper Towels

In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat until shimmering and hot.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add chicken, skin sides down, and cook 5 minutes or until golden brown. Use long-handled tongs to turn chicken and cook 5 minutes longer or until golden. Reduce heat to low.

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Whole Chicken

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Tongs

Simmer uncovered about 20 minutes, without turning, until juice of chicken is no longer pink when thickest part is cut to bone (170F).

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Whole Chicken

Juice

Bone

Remove chicken from skillet and place on plate, reserving drippings in skillet. Cover tightly with foil; set aside.

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Whole Chicken

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Frying Pan

Aluminum Foil

Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix butter and flour with your fingers or a spoon. Knead mixture until it is a smooth paste; set aside.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Pour out all but 1 tablespoon drippings from skillet.

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Frying Pan

Place skillet over medium heat and stir in onion. Cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until soft.

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Onion

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Add finely chopped garlic and cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly, until fragrant. Stir in tomato paste and cook 1 minute longer.

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Tomato Paste

Garlic

Add wine and increase heat to high.

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Wine

Heat to boiling, scraping any browned bits off bottom of skillet. Boil wine 5 minutes or until reduced to about 2 tablespoons.

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Wine

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Add broth and 1 thyme sprig to skillet. Boil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until reduced by half.

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Broth

Thyme

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Frying Pan

Add pomegranate juice and brown sugar.

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Pomegranate Juice

Brown Sugar

Heat to boiling, stirring pomegranate mixture with wire whisk.

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Pomegranate

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Whisk

Pinch off about half of the butter-flour paste. Drop this into boiling sauce and quickly beat in with wire whisk. Repeat with remaining paste, stirring constantly.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sauce

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Whisk

Heat sauce to boiling and boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

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Sauce

Serve sauce with chicken.

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Whole Chicken