French Style Basil Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 lbs chicken thighs
• 2 cups wine
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2 onions, peeled and roughly chopped
• 12 fresh sage leaves
• 12 fresh basil leaves
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 put the sage leaves in a pan along with the onions, the wine and the chicken broth.
• 2 bring to a rolling boil, and continue to boil until the sauce is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 8-10 minutes.
• 3 remove from the heat and let cool.
• 4 lay the pieces of chicen in a flat pan or in an airtight plastic bag and use this cooled sauce to marinate the chicken covered overnight in the fridge, or at least 6 hours.
• 5 the next day, preheat the oven to 325°, remove chicken from the marinade, reserving the marinade, and pat dry.
• 6 put chicken in oven for about 35-45 minutes or until the juices run clear.
• 7 meanwhile, strain the marinade, discarding the onions, and leaves.
• 8 put in a suacepan and bring to a rolling boil, and boil for about 10-15 minutes, or until reduced by 1/3.
• 9 take half of the cream, and blend it together with the basil leaves in the blender until very smooth, and a bit pasty.
• 10 add this to the sauce, along with the other half of the cream, and reduce heat to low and keep warm until the chicken in done.
• 11 serve this sauce over the chicken, with rice.