Chicken for a cold Canadian winter

'Tis a cold winters eve!

The low tonight is supposed to be minus 47, and I am happily warm wearing my pi's with my warm blanket and cup of tea on my couch! 

Tonight I made an easy winter dish.

Chicken for a cold day

You will need

Chicken thighs, breasts or drumsticks, 4-6

All purpose flour

10-30 cloves of garlic

Rosemary

Paprika

Pepper

Balsamic vinegar

Chicken stock

Mini potatoes

Crimini mushrooms

Corning ware

Preheat the oven to 400

I start by mixing the flour on a plate with the Rosemary, paprika, and pepper, about a tablespoon of each, I add more rosemary- and coating the chicken with the mixture.

Then I braise (brown) the chicken in a frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil on medium to high heat. Just brown each side and take off the pan.

Put the chicken in the corning ware and fill 1/4 way up with chicken stock. Add about two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar. Slice the mushrooms and potatoes and put the garlic in where you can, I put in all around the chicken. make sure you get the broth on it.  

I know you're thinking, 10-30 garlic cloves? Unsliced, unpeeled?

That's right. This dish isn't the same without the whole cloves of garlic. You can squeeze out the garlicky goodness on the chicken, it makes the dish completely.

Put the lid on and cook for an hour and about twenty minutes.

This will keep you and your man (or woman) warm, full and happy. I make extra so Matt can take it to work for lunch.

Today I spent five hours cleaning up my apartment. Geez, it was getting messy. I'm still working on laundry so I gotta go to fold a load. 

Stay tuned for more adventures this week!

-E.