Catalan-Style Chicken (Or Turkey)
"This is adapted from a recipe from Ferran Adria's _The Family Meal_, which was posted by Caroline Russock at Serious Eats (link below). I substituted chicken thighs, since I didn't have turkey drumsticks. I also had a handful of leftover dried cherries which went in. http://bit.ly/yi4qV9"
- Ready In:
- 14hrs
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2⁄3 cup raisins
- 1⁄2 cup prune
- 1 cup dry sherry
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 4 large chicken thighs or 4 turkey drumsticks
- kosher salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 3 red onions, thinly sliced
- 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
- 3 cups water
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
directions
- Combine raisins, prunes and sherry in a bowl. Cover and leave at room temperature for 12 hours.
- Heat 2 1/2 tbsp olive oil in a wide skillet. Season the meat with salt and pepper. Brown the chicken (or turkey) on all sides until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Remove the meat to a plate and set aside.
- Add the onions and cook, stirring often, until soft and brown, about 15 minutes. Drain the sherry from the fruit; add the sherry to the pan and reserve the fruit for later.
- When the sherry has nearly evaporated, return the chicken to the pan and add the tomatoes and the water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook 30 minutes.
- Add the reserved fruit, and simmer another hour until the meat is very tender and the sauce is thickened. (Cover if the sauce gets too thick.).
- Heat the remaining 1/2 tbsp of olive oil in a small skillet. When it shimmers, add the pine nuts and cook, stirring very frequently, until brown, less than 5 minutes. Immediately remove from the pan.
- Transfer the meat to a serving dish. Top with the onions, tomatoes and fruit, and sprinkle with pine nuts to serve.
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DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!
