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Poulet Basquaise

A traditional French specialty from the Basque Country.

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Chicken - (3 1/2 lbs)
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/4 cup 59mlOlive oil - plus
2 tablespoons 30mlOlive oil
1 tablespoon 15mlGarlic clove - crushed, chopped fin (large)
2   Green peppers - cored, seeded,
  And cut into strips
1   Red pepper - cored, seeded,
  And cut into strips
4   Tomatoes - skinned, seeded, (large)
  And chopped
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozFinely-diced mushrooms
5 oz 142gCsabai sausage - cut 1/4" slices
3/4 cup 177mlDry white wine
1 tablespoon 15mlRoughly-chopped parsley
1 cup 237mlLong-grained rice - boiled

Recipe Instructions

Remove wings from chicken, cut chicken into 4 pieces, 2 legs and 2 half breasts. Dry meat thoroughly. Place 1/4 cup olive oil into a pan on the heat, add the chicken -- skin-side down and brown on both sides. Brown the sausage pieces on all sides.

In a separate pan place 2 tablespoons of olive oil -- add the garlic and then the peppers. Add 2 tomatoes and allow the vegetables to sweat together.

Add the mushrooms to the chicken and the sausage. Moisten with 1/2 cup dry white wine and then add vegetable mixture. Simmer 25 minutes.

Remove chicken pieces to a heated serving dish and keep warm. Add 2 tomatoes to the sauce. Raise the heat under the pan, bring to the boil and reduce sauce. Add the parsley and 1/4 cup white wine. Reduce for 2 minutes.

Coat chicken with half of the sauce. Place the boiled rice on a separate dish, make a well in the center and fill with the rest of the warm sauce.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
THE GALLOPING GOURMET with Graham Kerr - (Show # GA-0049) - from the - TV FOOD NETWORK

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