Smokey and Giraffe's Low-Carb Kitchen: Giraffe's Succulent Italian Low-Carb Tuscan Chicken and Mushrooms

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Giraffe's Succulent Italian Low-Carb Tuscan Chicken and Mushrooms

Mamma Mia!! Italian Music is playing in the background, streaming from Google's Alexa, we are wearing our traditional Italian clothing, and we are creating Giraffe's Succulent Low-Carb Italian Tuscan Chicken and Mushrooms.

Well, maybe we're just creating Giraffe's Succulent Italian Low-Carb Tuscan Chicken and Mushrooms. 😆

We've been salivating all day, over the anticipation of ravishing our tender chicken thighs, cooked in wine, coupled with our sauteed mushrooms.

Since we're using a dry cooking wine, our dish 's carb count is little to none.

Preparation time was very minimal at about 10 minutes. Our cooking time, however, was another 55 minutes to 1 hour.

This week's ingredients include:

2 1/2 Tbsp. Margarine
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 tsp. Minced Garlic
1 Family Size Package of Boneless Skinless Chicken thighs (or chicken part of choice)
1 Package of Sliced Mushrooms
1 Chopped Onion
1 Tbsp. Carbquik (which we purchased from Amazon)
2/3 Cups of Chicken Broth
2/3 Cups of Dry White Cooking Wine
1/2 + 3/4th tsp. Ground Pepper

We'll begin by heating our oil on medium heat.

Once our oil begins to slightly smoke, this is our indication that our oil has heated sufficiently.

We'll then, add our chicken thighs to our pan.

Next, we'll evenly sprinkle 1/2 tsp. of our Ground Pepper over our chicken, will cover, and cook for 10 minutes.

As we're awaiting our chicken to cook, we'll chop our onion using our 1-Second Slicer, and we'll place aside.

I know we've mentioned this before. However, this gadget saves us so much time, when we're chopping vegetables. The 1-Second Slice is a must have! We've bought ours on Amazon, back in the day and have been very pleased with our purchase. (Clicking on our highlighted words will direct you to this product on Amazon.)

After our 10 minutes have passed, we'll flip our chicken, cover, and will continue cooking for another 10 minutes.

We'll repeat our last step and will, again, flip our chicken after our 10 minutes have passed, cover, and will continue cooking for a remaining 10 minutes.

We'll now, remove our chicken thighs from our pan and will place them aside.

We're going to cook our onions, garlic, parsley, and mushrooms in our chicken grease, which will offer our vegetables added flavor.

We'll, then cook our onions, garlic, and parsley for about 5 minutes, or until our onions appear translucent.

Next, we'll add our mushrooms and will cook for about 5 minutes, or until they have slightly browned and softened.

We'll then, add our Carbquik to our mixture, and will stir and cook for another 1 minute.

This will allow our mixture to slightly thicken.

Next, we'll add our chicken broth, wine, will bring to a boil, and will constantly stir for 3 minutes, or until our liquid has thickened.

We will continually stir our mixture, to avoid our contents from sticking to the bottom of our pan.

As our content boils, its alcohol content will dissipate, leaving the wine's flavor remaining.

We'll now, remove our chicken from our heat and will add our margarine, remaining 1/4th tsp. of our Ground Pepper, and will stir.

We'll then, return our chicken to our pan, will stir, and will place our mixture back on our burner.

Next, we'll cook our chicken mixture on medium heat for another 10 minutes, or until our liquid has slightly evaporated, and has, therefore, thickened.