Recipe#002: Braised Chicken Mama Knox

All Joan's grandchildren like this dish. [Even Laura?] Anyway, the Chicken Mama Knox recipe is one Joan pinched from 'Aunt Bippy' and made it her own. Joan tells me it can also be found in Pol Martin's cook book. [Is that right Ma? Just shocking!] We all liked it just the same as there's never any left-overs.

Ingredients:

Whole chicken cut in pieces or 5 chicken breasts diced
1 onion diced
1 tablespoon of butter
3 cups of beef stock [1 can & water]
Herbs to taste [ Joan uses oregano]
3 tablespoons tomato paste
3-4 carrots cleaned and chopped chunky or julienne
2 cup potatoes diced or roughly chopped
1/2 pound of mushrooms
salt & pepper to taste



Check oven for slippers and preheat oven to 375º F 190º C

In a large shallow pan:

Sear chicken in hot oil for 4-5 minutes each side
Add onion and butter and cook 6-7 minutes
Pour beef broth/stock and herbs and bring to boil
Mix in tomato paste and simmer 1 minute over low heat

Put all pan ingredients in a large casserole dish and bake for 20 minutes*
Add carrots and potatoes and cook for 15 minutes
Add mushrooms and cook 45 minutes/ 1 hour

*- Joan's Hint: Avoid oven burns by adding everything to the casserole at once and cook a little longer.


This recipe serves 6 people, give or take a few carrots.
Add a serving of steamed rice or mash potato.
Gerry likes a slice of bread to mop up the sauce afterword. Hey Gerry, open a bottle of your Bacigalupo red and were there!