RUSTIC HERBED APRICOT CHICKEN
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
2 Chickens, cut into 8 pieces
-each, wing tips trimmed
1/4 c Extra-virgin olive oil
2 tb Extra-virgin olive oil
4 Garlic cloves, coarsely
-chopped
2 tb Balsamic vinegar
2 tb Dried thyme
2 tb Dried tarragon
1/2 t Coarsely ground black pepper
1 lg Onion, halved and thinly
-sliced
2 tb All-purpose flour
2 c Defatted chicken broth
1 c Medium tawny port
1 tb Red currant jelly
2 c Dried apricots
Salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper
-to taste
Cooked noodles (opt)
1 tb Chopped flat-leaf parsley,
-for garnish
Marinating the chicken in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dried thyme andtarragon add great depth to a rice sauce that’s smoothed by just ahint of red currant jelly and enhanced with apricots and tawny port.Be sure to use tawny port. (…)