Baked Chicken Stew
After Christmas … a dinner with family and close friends:)… A slow cooked chicken stew with classic polenta sounds comfy and a little bit italian ... A lettuce salad with an orange flavoured dressing and you are almost there... And here comes a fruity, light, white young Sauvignon to complete the scene:).
The chicken stew
I used a thick enamel pot and a pizza stone which I placed in the oven and I cooked the chicken about 2 hours at 180 C and a half an hour at 200 C with ventilation, then I let it rest for another 1 hour and a half … The meat became very tender and matched very well the creamy polenta …
The steps
Preheat the oven to 180 C with ventilation
Cut the chicken in serving size pieces
Place the chicken in the heavy pot
Season the chicken with salt and pepper and pour over two glasses of white wine
Wash, peel and cut the vegetables ( onion, celery, parsley, carrots ) in small pieces and add them to the pot. Cut the garlic in fine slices and sprinkle it over
Pour over 2 table spoons of olive oil, the tomato paste and add water just enough to cover the meat
Put the pot in the oven and bake it 2 hours at 180C then increase the temperature to 200 C for a half an our
Stop the heat and let it rest in the hot oven about one hour and a half
While the chicken is resting you can prepare the polenta ( you have the classic polenta recipe on this blog ) and the salad and yes :) … you can start tasting the wine
The salad dressing (optional): I reduced 50 ml of fresh orange juice until I obtained 20 ml of concentrated juice and I combined it with 10 ml of fresh lemon juice, 20 ml of olive oil and 1/2 tea spoons of grated orange zest
Enjoy !!!
INGREDIENTS - for 6 persons
Organic / Best you can get chicken - 2 medium whole chicken about 1200-1400 grams each
Organic / Best you can get celery (root) - 150 grams peeled
Organic / Best you can get garlic - 5 garlic cloves
Organic / Best you can get parsley (root) - 150 grams peeled
Organic / Best you can get carrots - 150 grams peeled
Organic / Best you can get onion - 3 pieces
medium
Good quality extra virgin olive oil - 10-15 ml - about 2 table spoons
A pinch of salt or more :)
Best you can get white wine - cca 30 ml
