Braised Garlic Chicken
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Description
Serve with sauté potatoes and steamed green beans.
Ingredients
- 3-4 lb chicken pieces
- salt
- pepper
- 3 Tbs olive oil
- 12 cloves garlic, skin on
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 Tbs tomato purée
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 bouquet garni
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 Tbs butter
Methods/steps
- Season chicken pieces. Heat oil in a pan over a medium heat and brown chicken pieces.
- Add garlic cloves, shaking the pan to distribute evenly, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Stir in wine and simmer uncovered until reduced by half.
- Add tomato purée, chopped tomatoes and bouquet garni. cover and simmer until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken pieces and keep warm. Remove bouquet garni and discard.
- Add stock to the pan and reduce by a third.
- Strain the sauce to a sauce pan. Press the garlic cloves through a sieve and add the pulp to the sauce.
- Bring almost to the boiling point and reduce heat to the lowest point.
- Whisk butter in, a little at a time to finish the sauce.
Additional Tips
Brown chicken legs first, for about 5 minutes, then add breast pieces and cook for 10-15 minutes more, until chicken pieces are browned on all sides.
This recipe is gluten free if prepared with home made stock and tomato pure. If using stock made from a cube, check list of ingredients.
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