Red Wine Chicken

I bookmarked this recipe from AllRecipes.com since April because I had half a bottle of leftover red wine. I didn't get a chance to make it until the past weekend. And the wine? It's the same leftover red wine from April.... Hopefully wine doesn't go bad.



Here's my take on the recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 pounds boneless chicken breast - cut into portions


• 1 tablespoon olive oil


• 6 cloves garlic - finely chopped


• 2 teaspoon cayenne pepper


• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 1 teaspoon pepper


• 1 cup red wine

Directions

1. Heat oil in a non-stick pan on a medium high heat. Stir in garlic until fragrant. Add chicken. Cook on each side until chicken is a little brown.


2. Sprinkle pepper, sugar, salt and pepper over the chicken. Add wine. Reduce the heat to medium low. Let simmer until the liquid reduce and thick - about 15 minutes. Flip pieces of chicken occasionally.

The sauce from this recipe is very powerful. I think we have similar Thai dish called Gai-Ob-Lao-Dang (baked chicken in red rum) although I believe that we use ketchup for red coloring instead of red wine. Wine is very expensive in Thailand...

I might have to make it spicier next time by using red pepper flakes instead of cayenne.