Recipes From My Travels - Going Greek with a nice Chicken Stifado - The Solihull Observer

Recipes From My Travels - Going Greek with a nice Chicken Stifado

Solihull Editorial 10th Apr, 2021 Updated: 13th Apr, 2021   0

CHEF and blogger Paul James writes for our paper.

I MADE this traditional Greek dish using chicken fillets for quickness, but it’s just as tasty using other cuts of meats suitable for slow braising and cooking slowly in the oven or even a slow cooker.

The original meat for this dish is rabbit, but as one of my granddaughters, Summer-Rai who is only four has two of her own, I thought better of it.

She would never speak to me ever again and that’s a definite.




Having only visited Corfu, I’m really looking forward to eventually visiting the other Greek Islands and also Greece itself one day.

I might even try the rabbit – but then again maybe not.


Visit facebook.com/RECIPESFROMMYTRAVELS for more of Paul’s blog.

Greek Chicken Stifado

Ingredients

10 small shallots.

4 chicken breast fillets, cut into smaller fillets

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

125ml red wine

250ml passata

2 cinnamon sticks

salt and ground black pepper to taste

1 tbsp of dried oregano,

2 bay leaves

250ml chicken stock.

100ml orange juice

Method

1. Fill a saucepan with cold water and bring to the boil.

2. Add the shallots with the skins still on and bring back to the boil, cover and simmer, for about half-an-hour.

3. Drain and run under a cold tap and peel.

4. In a casserole dish add the chicken, garlic, oregano, bay leaves and cinnamon sticks.

5. In a saucepan add the red wine, passatta, chicken stock and orange juice and bring to a simmer.

6. Pour the mixture over the ingredients that are in the casserole dish, cover with a lid or tin foil and cook in a preheated oven at 180c for 40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked thoroughly.

Serve and enjoy.

Remove the cinnamon sticks and bay leaves, season to taste and Serve, maybe with mash potato and crusty bread and a sprinkle of parsley.

 

 

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