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Lemon Herbed Chicken

The ancient Greeks were the first to discover chicken's splendid possibilities for the banquet table. The Mediterranean landscape of Greece is rich with the fragrant lemons and herbs that are essential to Greek cooking. Serve Lemon Herbed Chicken with Greek pasta (Orzo) and a green salad topped with Feta cheese. For dessert, serve another specialty of the Greek Isles, honey-drenched Baklava.

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

Recipe Ingredients

1   Chicken - (abt 3 lbs) - cut up
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2 tablespoons 30mlVegetable or olive oil - (to 4)
1   Onion - chopped
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped garlic
1 cup 237mlChicken broth
1/4 cup 59mlLemon juice
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozChopped parsley
1/2 cup 55g / 1.9ozChopped celery leaves
2 teaspoons 10mlChopped fresh oregano
  = (or 1 tspn dry oregano)
1 teaspoon 5mlChopped fresh basil
  = (or 1/2 tspn dry basil)
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1 cup 237mlPitted black olives
2 tablespoons 30mlFlour
2 tablespoons 30mlCold water

Recipe Instructions

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a 4- or 6-quart pressure cooker. Saute onion and garlic until tender; remove. Brown chicken a few pieces at a time; set aside.

Return all chicken to pressure cooker with onion and garlic. Add remaining ingredients except black olives, flour, and cold water.

Close pressure cooker cover securely. Place pressure regulator on vent pipe. Cook for 8 minutes, at 15 pounds pressure, with regulator rocking slowly. Cool pressure cooker at once. Remove chicken to a warm dish.

Add olives to liquid and heat. Blend together flour and cold water; add to hot broth. Cook and stir liquid until thickened. Pour sauce over chicken.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Source:
National Presto Industries at http://www.presto-net.com

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