Serve this chicken with rice (see rice recipe for chicken À La Provençale). It is a great dish to serve when you entertain friends. Rest assure the smell of this chicken will open everyone’s appetite. Your friends will remember this meal for a long time. It would not surprise me if someone asks for the recipe!
Ingredients:
- 125 ml raisins
- 250 ml red wine
- One chicken of about 2 kg, cut in pieces like KFC
- Flour, salt and black pepper mixed together
- Oil and butter
- 1 can beef consommé
- 175 ml sliced almonds
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tomatoes, seedless and cut in small cubes
- 5 ml of each: thyme, basil, oregano, parsley and marjory
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method:
- In a bowl, soak the raisins in wine for about 2 hours
- Roll the chicken pieces in the flour mixture and brown in a large cast iron pot with the mixture of oil and butter
- Add the raisins, consommé, almonds, cloves, tomatoes and herbs to the pot
- Cover and cook for about 2 hours at 2750 F in the oven or let simmer on the stove top
