Tonight's chicken dish

[rootofnewt]

Heat some olive oil in a pan. Add an onion, garlic, crushed red pepper, and sauté until you remember what you're doing. Toss in a small red sweet pepper and a hot hungarian wax pepper (both chopped). One apple, peeled and chopped. . . I used an Albemarle Pippin. Add a pound or so of boneless/skinless chicken thighs. Cook for a few minutes, then add a couple of glasses of white wine. Stir in some dried sage and thyme, along with a few sprigs of fresh rosemary. Add a bit of salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, and cover. Simmer for 30 minutes.

Uncover. Add a teaspoon of fennel seed. Season with more salt and pepper to taste. Reduce liquid until it's just about gone.


Boy accuses me of buying wine according to the bottle. That would explain why tonight's wine was Goats Do Roam. I like whimsy. It's sweetish and fruity. It really brought out the flavor of the apples and fennelseed. The chicken dish was quite rich. It would go nicely with wild rice or brown rice, but we just had leftover greens and roots soup.

Comments

[absinthea.livejournal.com]

You eating poultry from time to time now? Congrats on the dish. Sounds yummy. :)

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Trying to ascertain which protein sources I can tolerate before I, y'know, NEED more protein. I still won't touch raw flesh. That's what I have a man for.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Today for us:
Cook broccoli in a mixture of oil and organic "no chicken" stock until almost tender, add some Mrs. Dash and some Chinese 5-spice, add chopped green onion and cook until that's tender, add cashews (roasted, not salted) and cook until they're warm. Dump it on top of brown rice, sprinkle cashews all over the top. Eat until gorged.

[crazypumpkin.livejournal.com]

I know I've had fennelseed before, but I can't remember what it tastes like. What does fennelseed taste like? The recipe sounds awesome, and I have most everything, expect the fennelseed and wine. Wine I'd easily buy, but I'm leary of the fennelseed, considering I can be picky about my spices.

Goats Do Roam, awesome!

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Fennel tastes similar to aniseed and licorice.

[crazypumpkin.livejournal.com]

Bleh!
Think it would turn out decent without the fennelseed? I might just have to try it. Sounds like it has enough other spices to give it a food flavor.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

It would be fine. I just wanted something different. ;)

[jb98.livejournal.com]

sauté until you remember what you're doing.

You cook like me :)

Sounds great!

[crazypumpkin.livejournal.com]

Any special handling instructions for the peppers? I've never cooked with them myself before (other than green bell and such), but I know I like them (I think :).
Fresh garlic and onion or powdered? How much?

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Remove seeds and stem from the peppers, along with any pithy white stuff. Slice and chop. I use "fresh" garlic. By fresh, I mean "comes minced in a jar". About a generous forkful's worth. I do use fresh garlic cloves, too, but today it was convenience. One medium yellow onion, though any onion would do. Heck, leeks or shallots would do.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Oh, if your hot banana/hungarian wax is actually a banana pepper pregnant with jalapeno seeds (http://www.livejournal.com/~explodingcat/52319.html), wear gloves.

Indeed, they do roam. In trees

[cuppe.livejournal.com]

From the NY Times Hungry Goats Atop a Tree, Doing Their Bit for Gourmands.

[nannar.livejournal.com]

mmmm

it was good

I want more. hehe

[wolfden.livejournal.com]

Sounds good.

I always buy wine by the way the bottle looks. Is there any other way? My last purchase had a moon and stars on the bottle. I don't actually drink wine (sulfite +me = migraine) so I never know what is actually good. So I pick based on the looks of the bottle. :) I also try to buy based on the region it's from I buy California Wines when I can. :)