Chicken with Onions, Bay and Thyme; tech stuff

We think of bay leaves as something that is used in tomato based dishes, but they have a wonderful flavor that works well with thyme.

Most people will use dried bay leaves and thyme leaves.

I have a huge laurel tree by the house so I just pick as needed.

Sadly, I had to use dried thyme.

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Chicken with Onions, Bay and Thyme

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This is an easy, skillet main course of chicken breasts, braised in white wine and chicken stock, flavored with herbs and tomato

• Author: Katie Zeller
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Yield: 2 servings 1x
• Category: Chicken

Ingredients

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• 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 tsp thyme
• 2 bay leaves (laurel)
• 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) chicken broth
• 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) white wine
• 1 tbs tomato paste
• 1 tbs cornstarch (maizena, corn flour) dissolved in 2 tbs chicken stock

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Instructions

• Sauté onion in oil in nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, about 5 minutes.
• When onion starts to brown add garlic and sauté 1 minute longer.
• Move onion and garlic to the sides of the pan, add chicken breasts, and sauté until lightly browned, about 7 minutes.
• Stir in thyme, bay leaf, wine, stock and tomato paste.
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer until chicken is done, about 15 minutes.
• Dissolve cornstarch in chicken stock.
• Uncover skillet, increase heat and remove bay leaves.
• Remove chicken to small platter.
• Add cornstarch to onions and stir until sauce is thickened.
• Spoon onions around chicken and serve.

Notes

Serve with potatoes, pasta, rice or grains – very versatile.

Keywords: chicken, onions, thyme

I gave up my garden thyme to the bunnies, who insisted that they wanted to live under it. They won that fight.

I now have pots of thyme on the deck around the pool, which do very well – except right after I trimmed them all back for summer.

Poor planning on my part.

I have my computer back, finally, The problem was the board that had the extra USB ports. Why it took 3 days to figure that out I will never know.

The fact that the three days were on either side of the weekend meant that I was without my PC for 5 days.

I still had the list of things I was supposed to work on during those 5 days, however.

I am thrilled to have a full-size monitor and keyboard once again…. Even if it’s taken me hours to get it back to functioning the way I like it.

Mainly it was little things: the wrong monitor installed and the resolution HUGE; the Sticky Notes gone; software that needed reinstalling; etc.

I also needed it to finish setting up the new phones.

Anyone one of the above would have been a challenge – all three at once was just unfair.

Soon, my little world will be back to normal.

In the meantime, mon mari gave me a chocolate bunny.