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Peasant Chicken

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients and directions for this recipe

3 tb Vegetable oil
50 g Butter; (2oz)
1 Oven ready chicken; weighing
-about
; 1.5kg (3 1/2 lb)
; jointed into 8
; pieces, or 8 large
; chicken portions
1 lg Carrot; chopped finely
2 Onions; chopped finely
A handful of fresh flat leaf
-parsley; stalks removed
Salt and freshly ground
-black pepper
175 Ml; (6-8 floz) chicken, (175
-to 250)
; stock

Heat the oil and butter together in a saucepan or flameproof casserole, add
the chicken and brown carefully all over.

Add the carrot, onions and parsley and stir well.

Ladle over enough chicken stock to keep the chicken moist, season with salt
and pepper and cover the pan.

Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for about 40
minutes or until the chicken is cooked through, adding more stock as
necessary.

Serve at once with boiled potatoes or polenta.

See also:
Previous recipe Peasant Caviar
Next recipe Peasant Omelet

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