Braised Chicken with Creamy Wine Sauce

Ingredients

• 1  bay leaf 
• 0.5 cup carrots thinly sliced
• 0.5 cup celery thinly sliced
• 1 cup chardonnay dry white
• 32 ounce chicken breast halves 
• 0.5 pound skin-on chicken drumsticks 
• 0.5 pound chicken thighs 
• 1 teaspoon thyme leaves dried
• 3 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 0.5 pound mushrooms fresh quartered
• 1 tablespoon parsley fresh chopped
• 10.5 ounce low-salt chicken broth canned
• 1 tablespoon butter divided
• 1 cup slivered onion 
• 0.5 pound pearl onions fresh unpeeled
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup evaporated skimmed milk 
• 0.1 teaspoon pepper white

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Drop pearl onions into boiling water in a Dutch oven, and cook 3 minutes.
2. Drain; rinse with cold water, and peel. Set aside.
3. Melt 1 tablespoon of margarine in Dutch oven over medium heat.
4. Add slivered onion, carrot, and celery; saut 5 minutes.
5. Place the onion mixture in a bowl; set aside.
6. Add chicken pieces to Dutch oven; cook 4 minutes, turning chicken pieces once. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low; cook 10 minutes.
7. Combine flour, salt, and pepper; sprinkle over both sides of chicken. Cover and cook 5 minutes. Return onion mixture to pan; add wine and next 4 ingredients, stirring gently. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes or until chicken is done.
8. Remove chicken from pan, and arrange on a serving platter; set aside, and keep warm. Discard bay leaf.
9. Bring sauce to a boil; cook 7 minutes or until the sauce is reduced to about 3 cups, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium; gradually stir in milk, and cook an additional 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
10. Remove from heat; cover and set aside.
11. Melt the remaining 2 teaspoons margarine in a skillet over medium heat, and add pearl onions. Saut 4 minutes or until tender; remove from skillet.
12. Add mushrooms, and saut 3 minutes. Arrange the pearl onions and the mushrooms around chicken on serving platter, and spoon the sauce over chicken and vegetables.