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I Call it French Chicken

Added on Fri Sep 21 2007

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The Story Behind The Recipe

I love to cook this recipe for all of my family - it is my five year olds favourite dish and it really reminds me of my time spent in France. Read More

" This is sumptious food, that is really cheap to create and never fails to impress. It really reminds me of my time in France - hope that you like it! "

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The Basics

• Dish: Main Course
• cuisine: French
• Serves: 4-6
• Prep Time: 0hrs 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 0hrs 54 mins

Ingredients

• 1 red pepper
• plateful of  plain flour and pepper mixed
• 8 - 10 chicken thighs (pref free-range)
• 2 bay leaves
•  salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tbs chopped fresh thyme
• 1 tsp herbes de provence
• at least 4 cloves garlic
• 10 shallots
• 5 mushrooms
• tbsp unsalted butter
• glug of olive oil
• a lot of dry white wine

Method

Take the flour (just a small layer on a plate) and grind some pepper into it, then dip the chicken and coat it in the flour mux.

Take the oil and butter and place in a casserole or french skillet (best to have a heavy bottomed pan) and heat on a medium heat
Once the oil is hot, add the chicken skin side down and cook.

Meanwhile, chop the veggies, I normally leave them in quite big chunks as this cooks for a while. Peel the shallots and leave them whole or halve them (depending on size)

Turn the chicken and brown all over, then add the veggies. Once the veggies have softened, slide the garlic and add to the pan.

Then take some of the wine (about a small glass full) and add it to the hot pan, whilst this is sizzling, quickly scrape the juices from the bottom of the pain (de-glaze)

Then add the remainder of the wine and the herbs. Then just leave it on a low heat until the veggies are really soft and the chiken is cooked through, you can test this with a skewer in the thickest part of the thigh (the chicken's not yours!)

That is it really - the smell in the house is something else and the whole family love this dish, hope that you and yours do too!