Monday, June 29, 2009

Chicken osso bucco

Ingredients
  • chicken pieces
  • ½ cup flour
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 whole cloves
  • ¼ cup parsley
  • 1 lemon zested
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 tsp rosemary (minced)
Instructions
  • Dry chicken with paper towels.
  • Season with salt and pepper, and dredge in flour.
  • Brown chicken in oil (about 6 min per side).
  • Remove chicken to roasting pan.
  • Sauté onion, carrot, celery (and salt) in the same pan (about 6 min).
  • Add tomato paste.
  • Add wine and allow to reduce.
  • Add chicken broth, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, cloves.
  • Bring to boil, then add to roasting pan.
  • Cover tightly and braise at 375°F.
  • Turn after 1 hour, cook until tender.
  • Gremolata: mix parsley, lemon zest, garlic, rosemary, salt, papper.
  • Sprinkle the gremolata on the chicken just before eating.
Notes
  • All of the oil stays in the sauce! Don't use too much.
  • The herbs in the gremolata really need to be finely chopped, as they are eaten raw.
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