Chicken Porto is an easy winter dish for a casual dinner with friends but also perfect for a romantic dinner for two. With only a few ingredients it comes together quickly. Gluten free cooks just need two ingredients in their pantry for this dish; something for coating the chicken (sweet rice flour or cornstarch) and gluten free stock.
I keep a bottle of inexpensive ruby port in my pantry to make this recipe and two others; Cranberry port vinaigrette for a warm salad and Pears Poached in Port with Cranberries. They're all favourite winter recipes that I make year after year.
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🍷 Ingredients
Recipes with alcohol always seem special but they can still be simple.
- currants
- ruby port
- gluten free chicken stock
- red currant jelly (black currant jelly or crab apple jelly work too)
- chicken breasts
- sweet rice flour or cornstarch
- mushrooms
Ruby Port vs Tawny Port
Port is a fortified wine that had brandy added during the fermentation process. Both ruby and tawny are port wines.
- Ruby is young and has a deep, ruby colour.
- Tawny is aged for as long as 20 years and is a brownish, tawny colour. It's less sweet and often served with a cheese course after a meal.
What To Serve with Chicken Porto
With Chicken Porto I like to serve rice pilaf, a step up from plain steamed rice, and any green vegetable. This simple dinner and could be prepared in thirty minutes if you're organized.
If you've got a little more time here are three ideas if you want to follow the theme of port.
- Serve a green salad with warm cranberry port vinaigrette. Crunchy pistachio nuts and creamy Cambozola cheese make this a perfect complement to the sweet Chicken Porto.
- Alternately you could follow dinner with a cheese course to go with an aged tawny port (not the one you cooked with).
- Pears Poached in Port would be a light dessert that could even be included in the cheese course for a real gourmet dinner.
How To Create a Nice Table (in 1 Minute)
I've planned and created many beautiful table settings over the years. Yet sometimes, it's a last minute idea, even for a casual dinner in front of the fireplace. I simply throw a white tablecloth on the coffee table, set out the good dishes, nice stemware and create a memorable evening.
Whether you're celebrating the purchase of your port or having a quiet dinner, Chicken Porto is a great choice. Let me know in the comments below what you thought.
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Chicken Porto (Chicken with Port)
Ingredients
SAUCE
- 2 tablespoon currants
- ¾ cup ruby port
- ½ cup gluten free chicken stock
- 6 tablespoon red currant jelly (black currant jelly or crab apple jelly work too)
CHICKEN
- 1½ tablespoon butter
- 1½ tablespoon olive oil
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoon sweet rice flour
- 6 large mushrooms, sliced thin
Instructions
SAUCE
- Combine currants, port, chicken stock and jelly in a small pan on medium heat and bring to a boil. Simmer for 15-20 minutes to reduce slightly while you prepare the chicken. Can be made a day in advance if desired.
CHICKEN
- Cut chicken into thin slices and place in a wide, shallow bowl.
- Sprinkle chicken slices generously with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle flour over chicken. Using 2 forks or your hands, toss the chicken so the slices are fairly evenly coated with flour.
- Melt butter and oil in a large sauté pan on medium high heat.
- Add chicken and sauté for 2-3 minutes per side until chicken is no longer pink.
- Add mushrooms and sauté for another 2-4 minutes until most of the mushrooms are browned slightly. Pour sauce into the pan and bring to a boil. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed.
Notes
- Port is a fortified wine that had brandy added during the fermentation process. Both ruby and tawny are port wines.
- Ruby is young and has a deep, ruby colour.
- Tawny is aged for as long as 20 years and is a brownish, tawny colour. It's less sweet and often served with a cheese course after a meal.
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