Thin sliced chicken cutlets sauteed in a white wine sauce with leeks and sun-dried tomatoes. Dinner in less than 20 minutes!
Chicken, Leeks & Tomatoes in White Wine Sauce
Chicken, Leeks & Tomatoes in White Wine Sauce
I love the mild onion flavor of leeks, I use them in soups, pasta dishes and chicken dishes. Paired with the robust flavor of the sweet sun-dried tomatoes, this dish is sure to please the palate!
Try to find sun-dried tomatoes that are not packed in oil. I look for the ones that are soft and ready to eat, but depending on the brand, some may need to soak in warm water if they are very hard. A little goes a long way!
I used rice flour for a gluten free dish and to test if it changed the taste from wheat flour and I thought it worked out well. If you are on a gluten-free diet, use rice flour; if not all purpose flour or whole wheat is fine.
Chicken with Leeks Sun-Dried Tomatoes in White Wine Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 or 2 leeks, 3/4 cup white part and light green only
- 16 oz 6 skinless chicken breast cutlets, sliced thin
- 2 tsp butter, divided
- 2 tsp olive oil, divided
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour*, use rice flour if gluten free
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 oz ready-to-eat sun dried tomatoes, not in oil, sliced
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/2 cup fat free low sodium chicken broth
- salt and fresh pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Cut off green tops of leek and remove outer tough leaves.
- Cut off root and cut leeks in half lengthwise.
- Fan out the leeks and rinse well under running water, leaving them intact.
- Slice leeks into 1/4-inch slices. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 200°.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper.
- Lightly dredge in flour shaking off excess.
- Heat a large skillet on medium heat; when hot add 1 tsp butter and 1 tsp olive oil.
- Add chicken to the skillet and cook on medium heat for about 3 - 4 minutes on each side, or until chicken is no longer pink.
- Set aside in a warm oven.
- Add additional oil and butter to the skillet, then garlic and cook a few seconds; add leeks, salt and pepper.
- Sauté stirring occasionally until golden, about 5 minutes.
- Add sun dried tomatoes, wine, chicken broth, parsley; stir the pan with a wooden spoon, breaking up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
- Cook 2 more minutes or until the liquid reduces almost by half.
- Top the chicken with the sun dried tomato/leeks mixture and serve.
We really enjoyed this. Used chicken tenders and all broth, no wine. Going to double the leeks.Â
A decade and a half ago I had sun dried tomatoes and hated them. Had them a few years later in another dish. Hated it. Stumbled across this recipe this week while searching chicken and thought, wow. This sounds so good. And Gina knows her stuff. Made this tonight and happy to say it was awesome! Maybe because the tomatoes were dry in a bag and not in oil, but they added so much to this dish. Made as printed and my hubby and I loved it, and we will def make again!
I loved this recipe SO MUCH. I made it, and after the first bite of my dinner I emailed the link to the menu to my mother and insisted she make it, too. She’s since adapted it with shrimp as well. Honestly, everyone should try this one.
This was good. My husband and I felt like it definitely needed some acid like lemon juice and maybe a touch more white wine. We definitely are going to give this another shot it really has potential!Â
This was wonderful and will have to be one to make often. Love recipes like this that come together so quickly. I cut the chicken breasts I had on hand in half, each one weighed a bit more but it didn’t effect the recipe. ( I pounded them a bit to get them thinner too.) The leeks and sun dried tomatoes have so much flavor for such few ingredients. A real winner.
I have always loved leeks and have a lot of ready to use leek left over as I chopped three larger ones while I was at it. Need to check out more recipes that use them. I did the air fryer one from the air fryer book for an egg, leek, spinach bake. It was great too and quick and easy.
That is an awesome recipe!! Served it with steamed broccoli. Thank you !
Was actually fantastic. To quote my wife, “It was everything I knew I needed, and everything I had no idea I wanted.”
Will def be keeping this one.
Glad you both enjoyed it!
Delicious! I will be maiking this again!
Hi, this is one of  favorite recipes! Do you know the freestyle points for it by any chance? Thanks!
Smart points have been updated to reflect the freestyle program. 🙂
Thanks for much! I’m excited to try this out this coming week!
Great dish! I scaled it up to four portions (I wanted to get rid of some leeks that were squatting in my fridge) and now I have frozen the three I haven't eaten. Thanks!
I DIY my sun-dried tomatoes, so I get the flavor without the cost. Thanks for posting, I shared this on my May real food meal plan.
I agree with everyone else — this dish is DELICIOUS! I'm writing to say that I served it over sautéed broccoli slaw — a little olive oil, a couple cloves of garlic, and some basil, oregano, thyme and Original Mrs. Dash… towards the end of the cooking time, I added a little of the water that I'd reconstituted my sundried tomatoes in, covered the pan, and let the broccoli steam just a bit. The flavors blended very well with those of the chicken, and I will make the whole meal again, for sure!! Thanks for a great blog and recipe haven!
One of the best Chicken recipes I've made in a LONG TIME
This looks yum. My hubby hates sun dried tomatoes, sadly, so I might leave them out or just leave them in big pieces so he can pick around them. Thanks for testing this gluten free. I actually like rice flour for coating chicken better than wheat flour. Seems to give it a better texture.
I can not wait to try this…looks fabulous!!!!
I just made this tonight and loved it. I served it over quinoa. Delicious!
I'm totally going to make this for my friend this weekend! But… 8g of sugar?? How so?
Kaja
Thanks for the tasty recipe! We made it for company this evening and everyone loved it!
Made for Shabbat dinner! Entire family loved! Definitely will be in our rotation. That's saying a lot since I usually don't like chicken breast. Thanks Gina for being go-to person for recipes! You never disappoint!!!!
This is my fourth time making this recipe and I can't get enough. Amazing! Thank you for sharing.
I have made this recipe 3 or 4 times now and we just love it!! Thanks for posting it!!
Would a drained can of diced tomatoes work instead of sun dried tomatoes? Would love to make this tonight and its all I have on hand!