Name: Baked Chicken and Shallots
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 4 skinless (boneless chicken breasts); 6 shallots (chopped); 4 T butter; 1 cup dry white wine; Pinch of salt (or more to taste); ¼ teaspoon fresh ground pepper (or more to taste)

This recipe for Baked Chicken and Shallots only has four ingredients, but it is the perfect combination of flavors! An easy weeknight meal or it’s even impressive enough for company.

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Baked Chicken and Shallots on plate with green beans and mashed potatoes

We were at dinner with my best friend from High School last weekend and she asked, “What is your favorite dish to make?” and I couldn’t come up with an answer on the spot. I love trying new recipes, but I do have my favorites. Baked Chicken & Shallots is just such a recipe!

Baked Chicken and Shallots in Cast Iron Skillet with Mashed Potatoes

Chicken & Shallots is a recipe I created last year while my fiancé and I were working in Cleveland, OH. I don’t claim to have invented the magical combination of chicken and shallots: This is a pairing that has been delighting taste buds for centuries. (This is a completely unverified fact. I actually have no idea.) It’s just a dish I threw together because I really didn’t want to go to the store. I hate grocery shopping. Fun (verified) fact.

Baked Chicken and Shallots on grey plate with wine

I have since become obsessed with shallots. I started using them in place of onions in other dishes, because they have this unique flavor that I find irresistible. But please, please, please don’t substitute onions for shallots in this recipe. You will find it lacking. Trust me.

Baked Chicken and Shallots

Chef Lindsey

perfect combination of flavors! An easy weeknight meal or it’s even impressive enough for company.

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Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time45 mins

Course Dinner

Cuisine French

Servings people

Calories 311 kcal

Ingredients

▢ 4 skinless (boneless chicken breasts)
▢ 6 shallots (chopped)
▢ 4 T butter
▢ 1 cup dry white wine
▢ Pinch of salt (or more to taste)
▢ ¼ teaspoon fresh ground pepper (or more to taste)

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 400F.
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in an oven safe pan with a lid. Brown chicken over medium heat, remove from pan.
Melt remaining butter in pan, add shallots and cook over medium heat until they brown and turn translucent. Try not to pester them while they cook.
Deglaze pan with wine. Add the salt and pepper. Bring wine and shallots to a boil. Add the chicken back to the pan and spoon sauce over chicken.
Cover and bake in preheated oven until meat thermometer inserted into the largest part of the breast reads 165F. Approximately 10-20 minutes. Let the breasts rest at least 5 minutes.