Recipe By: Pierre Franey in the Washington Post
Preparation Time: 1:00
Ingredients:
4 chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup onion — finely chopped
1 teaspoon garlic — finely chopped
1/3 pound mushroom pieces
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup rice
1 cup chicken broth
salt and pepper
Directions:
Do not skin or bone the chicken breasts. Sprinkle the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a skillet, and add the chicken pieces, skin side down. Brown about five minutes and turn. Scatter the onion and garlic between the chicken pieces and add the mushrooms and bay leaf. Cook about five minutes. Add the wine and cook until it is almost all evaporated. Add the rice and broth, taking care that the rice does not rest on top of the chicken pieces. Cover closely and cook about 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
NOTE: add or substitute some partially cooked wild rice if you like.