Fresh Tomato Chicken Braise
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 whole chicken (washed and thoroughly dried, backbone cut out (save for stock) and cut into 6–8 pieces, depending on if you want to cut the breasts in half)
- Salt
- Fresh ground pepper
- 1 large onion (chopped)
- 5-7 cloves of garlic (minced)
- 1 carrot (scraped and chopped into 1/4” pieces)
- 4 anchovy fillets (drained, patted dry and chopped)
- 2 tablespoons water
- 6 plum tomatoes
- 4 sun-dried tomatoes (packed in olive oil, drained and chopped)
- 1 large sprig of fresh oregano
- 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1lb thin fettuccine
Optional
- Pecorino romano cheese for grating
Directions
Trim all the fat from the chicken. Wash and dry your pieces thoroughly. Salt and pepper both sides to taste. | |
Heat the oil on medium-high heat in a Dutch oven and place in chicken, skin side down. | |
Brown on each side for 5–6 minutes, using a metal spatula to turn the chicken over, so you don’t lose the skin. | |
Remove the chicken from the pot and place on a deep plate or pie plate, as juices will collect. | |
Add the onion, garlic, anchovies and carrot to the Dutch oven. | |
Add the water and lower heat to low and cover to sweat the vegetables and make them sweet. | |
Scape up the bits from the bottom of the pan and stir. | |
After about 5–7 minutes, they should have succumbed and become tender and rich. | |
Add your browned chicken back in and blanket with the chopped plum tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, thyme, and oregano. | |
Cover and on low heat, cook for 7 minutes, stir and turn chicken over, cover and cook for another 7 minutes until done. | |
Remove from heat, covered, and let sit for 5–7 minutes. | |
Temperature on an instant read thermometer should read 155–160 degrees. | |
Meanwhile, cook dried fettuccine in salted boiling water for 1-2 minutes less than the package directions. Drain and toss with a little olive oil. | |
Serve the pasta topped with the chicken and the sauce. Pass the Pecorino Romano cheese and grater if you like. I did, my husband didn’t. |