Recipe for "chicken-cinn-1"

NAME

     CHICKEN-CINN-1 - Chicken with tomatoes and cinnamon

INGREDIENTS (Serves 6-8)

     2 kg      chicken, cut up (1 large chicken or 2 small chick-
               ens)
     ,         onions diced
     5         garlic cloves
     100 g     butter
     100 ml    vermouth or sherry
     50 ml     brandy
     1 ml      cinnamon
     5 ml      cayenne pepper
     5 ml      tomato paste
     200 g     ripe tomatoes, diced

PROCEDURE

          (1)  In a large casserole, saute onions and garlic over
               medium heat in butter until onions are soft.
          (2)  Brown chicken pieces in the butter and remove from
               pot as they are done.
          (3)  When all chicken pieces are browned, turn up heat,
               add vermouth and brandy to pot and stir until bub-
               bling.
          (4)  Turn heat down to low, add cinnamon, tomato paste,
               and pepper, and stir until mixed.
          (5)  Add chicken back to pot, and  add  tomatoes.  Cook
               over  very  low  heat  for at least 2 hours, until
               chicken is tender.

NOTES

     Vary the seasonings to taste by leaving out  the  garlic  or
     doubling  it,  or  by increasing or decreasing the amount of
     cayenne pepper. You can use crushed  red  pepper  flakes  in
     place of the cayenne.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 15  minutes  preparation,  2  hours
     simmering.   Precision:  no need to measure, except the cay-
     enne pepper.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Andrew L. Duane
     Compugraphic Corp., Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA
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