Chicken Thighs With Cinnamon and Lemon

Name: Chicken Thighs With Cinnamon and Lemon
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 4 celery ribs, finely chopped; 2 carrots, finely chopped; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 sprig fresh rosemary; 4 bay leaves; salt & freshly ground black pepper; 1 lemon, zest of; flour, for coating; salt & freshly ground black pepper; 8 chicken pieces; olive oil, for frying; 100 ml white wine; 2 lemons, juice of; 4 cinnamon sticks; 200 ml chicken stock; 1 free-range egg yolk

Submitted by MarraMamba

"A flavorful wonderful but simple dish using thighs. The cinnamon just makes it a little exotic. A soffrito is simply chopped onions, celery, carrots etc. as a base to a dish fried gently. Recipe from Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi"

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Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 18
Serves:: 4

ingredients

For the soffritto
8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4 celery ribs, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 sprig fresh rosemary
4 bay leaves
salt & freshly ground black pepper
1 lemon, zest of
For the chicken
flour, for coating
salt & freshly ground black pepper
8 chicken pieces
olive oil, for frying
100 ml white wine
2 lemons, juice of
4 cinnamon sticks
200 ml chicken stock
1 free-range egg yolk

directions

Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and gently fry the celery, carrot, onion, garlic, rosemary and bay leaves until golden, about 15 minutes.
Remove the rosemary sprig and bay leaves and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add the grated lemon zest. Set to one side.
Meanwhile, for the chicken, mix the flour with the salt and freshly ground black pepper and coat the chicken pieces in this mixture.
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the chicken until golden brown. Add the wine and cook for five minutes.
Add the chicken and wine reduction to the soffritto, then add half the lemon juice and cinnamon. Stir well.
Add the stock and cook on a low heat for about 45 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced and the chicken is completely cooked through. Keep the pan covered for the first 30 minutes of cooking.
Remove the cinnamon sticks, then mix the egg yolk with the remaining lemon juice. Quickly but carefully stir this mixture into the sauce until blended. Serve immediately.

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Reviews

What a nice surprise! Loved the combination of the cinnamon and lemon - nice flavor combination. I used dark meat as I think it is more tender and flavorful. This made a great dinner for the two of us. Made for the 1-2-3 tag, February, 2012.

DailyInspiration
Very nice! I don't think I ever cooked with chicken thighs, bone in and skin on so this was a lot of fun to make. I followed the recipe exactly and would not change a thing. I served this with some spanish rice and a green salad. Great dinner! Made for ZWT5.

susie cooks
This was very good. I chose it because my daughter loves both lemon and Cinnamon, though I was a little sceptical of the combination myself. The whole family liked it - not just dd. The sauce was a little bit lemony for me, and I'd maybe change the ratio of lemon juice to chicken stock, but my family disagreed, and didn't want anything changed, hence the 5 stars. Thanks MarraMamba, this one's a keeper.

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http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/527607/cookswithcattitude.jpg I am a middle aged foodie who has had the luxury of living all over the world except asia. Lived in or grew up in Nigeria, Kenya, Chicago, Russia,and haiti. born in New Zealand, brother born in Austria and many more. I have chronic medication resistant depression after 10 years on anti depressants that worked well but would stop working after a year or two, so now do my best at home living on disabilty. Not a bad thing, many have far worse health issues but i have been able to concentrate on food/cooking. My main passions are my cats. I live in the woods and somehow many starving strays or "dumps" have found the message babies who passed on left in the woods saying "suck lives at xxxx road. Most arrive sick and/or starving. Right now i have 2 that arrived with feline herpes and their attendant 2ndry bacterial infections but are doing beautifully. One old man who was going to be euthanized bc a lady who found him as a stray was moving and didnt want him...well he was a biter and rather grumpy who was in ICU for 3 days with a deadly gut infection which was fixed but he left with a diagnosis of diabetes. 3 months on insulin and finally diet controlled and he caught the herpes virus, respiratory symptom version and turned into a cuddler. Butterscotch must think "why didnt i figure out this cuddle stuff was great before i got sick!" Doing wonderfully even though he has bouts. he and the other kids are my babies. Sadly Butterscotch died of Lymphatic cancer in winter of 2008. A year before Big Boy arrived in my life, starving and weak. Full of affection he jumped into my arms and stayed, turns out he has FIV (cat hiv) so he needs to be watched closely. I love him dearly <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/smPACp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Stockingswapcopy.jpg"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/participantbannerzwt5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/cookbookswap.jpg"> <img src="http://www.caymandesigns.com/foodothers/fallswap.jpg">

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