Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Chicken Vesuvio

So I tried this recipe last night that I saw Giada de Laurentiis do on one of her cooking shows awhile back ago. It turned out quite well and inspired me to try it again next time with a few adjustments. And don't worry about having leftovers because it is even better the second time around.










Prep Time:15 min
Cook Time:1 hr 0 min
Level: Intermediate
Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 chicken thighs with skin and bones
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 pounds small red-skinned potatoes, halved
  • 4 large garlic cloves, minced
  • 3/4 cup dry white wine
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 8 ounces frozen artichoke hearts or 1 cup frozen lima beans, thawed
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Directions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Heat the oil in large ovenproof pot over high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Working in 2 batches if necessary, cook the chicken in the pot until golden brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a bowl. Carefully add the potatoes to the same pot and cook until they are golden brown, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add the wine and stir to scrape up any brown bits on the bottom of the pot. Add the broth, oregano, and thyme. Return the chicken to the pot. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.

Cover and bake in the oven until the chicken is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a platter. Arrange the potatoes around chicken. Add the artichoke hearts to the sauce in the pot. Cover and simmer over high heat until the artichokes are tender, stirring often, about 4 minutes. Turn heat to low. Stir in the butter. Pour the sauce over chicken and potatoes, and serve.

Notes
I used a bit too much olive oil when searing the chicken thighs golden brown, so use much less next time. I didn't use the artichoke hearts or lima beans, instead I just did potatoes and onions. However I am thinking other veggies such as carrots and tomatoes would make this a great dish. Instead of using chicken broth I am think I can use tomato sauce and diced tomatoes. For the white whine I just used a Riesling that I had in the fridge, but any white wine would work. When serving you can either have the sauce on the side for people to apply on the quantity they want just in case the wine taste is too strong.

Friday, August 18, 2006

Home Style Fried Chicken

Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 15 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 4 hours
Cook Time 25 minutes
Yield: 4 to 6 servings

2 Cups buttermilk
1/4 cup seasoned salt, divided
3 tablespoons onion powder, divided
3 tablespoons garlic powder, divided
2 1/2 pounds chicken (various parts)
5 to 6 cups peanut or canola oil
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flower

Method:
In a large baking dish (or big freezer ziplock bag), combine buttermilk and half of each of the seasoned salt, onion powder, and garlic powder. Add chicken pieces to marinade and turn to coat (seal bag and shake). Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours. If using baking dish then flip chicken every hour. If using bag, flip bag over every hour.

Heat the peanut/canola oil to 360 degrees F in a large cast iron skillet (a pinch of flour should sizzle when dropped in the oil, or lots of bubbles should form on chopstick when dipped in the oil).

Season the flour with the remaining seasoned salt, garlic powder, and onion powder. Remove the chicken from the marinade piece by piece and coat in the flour. Then add to hot oil to fry. Fry until internal temperature of the chicken is 160 degrees F. Make sure that your oil does not get too hot, otherwise the colour of the chicken will turn dark before the chicken is actually done. Transfer chicken to paper towels to drain. Taste the chicken to make sure the seasonings are right. Serve.


Notes:
-Try adding a few tablespoons of cayenne pepper/thyme/paprika to the flour mixture to liven things up.
-Make sure the chicken is a dark brown (everywhere) before taking it out of the pan
-Serving it a bit cooled down makes it very yummy
-Great for picnic eats
-Probably good to get a thermometer for the oil and chicken
-Fill the Skillet only about 1/2 way up with oil.
-Canola oil is a great subsitute for the expensive peanut oil