Thursday March 18 , 2010
Braised Chicken with Stout
Created by Ehmer,
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Description Serve with cooked beans sautéed chopped onions and peppers.
Ingredients
At a glance
Cuisine
Difficulty
Serves
4
  • 3-4 lb chicken pieces
  • 2 Tbs seasoned flour
  • 3 Tbs vegetable oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 cup stout
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 4 Tbs sour cream
  • 1-2 Tbs chopper fresh parsley
Methods/steps
  1. Coat chicken pieces with the seasoned flour.
  2. Heat oil over medium heat. Brown chicken pieces.
  3. Push chicken to one side and add onion. Sauté onion for 2-3 minutes, until soft but not brown.
  4. Spread chicken and season. Pour in 1/2 cup stout, cover and cook 20-25 minutesor until the chicken is tender.
  5. Remove chicken from the pan and keep warm.
  6. Reduce sauce by half, add remaining stout and bring to the boil.
  7. Return chicken to the pan to warm. Ix in sour cream and garnish with chopped parsley.
Additional Tips

Chicken legs will take about 5 minutes to brown, breast pieces will take longer, about 10-15 minutes.

To make this dish even more special, flame the chicken in gin. Add 4 Tbs gin at the beginning of step 4 and  lightwith caution.

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