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Basque Chicken

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Frying chicken - quartered
1   Green pepper - julienne
2   Onions - thinly sliced, (medium) separated into rings
1/4 lb 113g / 4ozMushrooms - thinly sliced
2   Garlic - minced
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1   Freshly ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlCayenne pepper
1   Tomato sauce
1/4 cup 59mlDry white wine
2 teaspoons 10mlCornstarch
1 tablespoon 15mlWater

Recipe Instructions

Soak top and bottom of 3-1/4 quart clay cooker in water about 15 minutes; drain. Place green pepper, onions, mushrooms and garlic in cooker. Place chicken quarters, skin side up, over vegetables. Sprinkle with salt and black and cayenne peppers. Mix tomato sauce and wine; pour into cooker. Place covered cooker in cold oven. Set oven at 450F.

Bake until chicken is tender and light brown, about 1-1/4 hours. Remove chicken pieces to warm serving bowl; keep warm. Pour cooking liquid with vegetables into a medium skillet. Max cornstarch and water; stir into skillet. Heat to boiling; cook stirring constantly, until thickened and clear. Pour sauce and vegetables over chicken.

Serving Ideas : Serve over white rice.

Source:
'License to Grill' by Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby

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