Rain Delay with Chicken

August 4th, 2008

Won’t bore you with the details but we cancelled the stoop sale we were supposed to have this weekend due to crazy pouring rain and decided to do tons of home organization instead. It was time consuming but productive. Nothing like going through Matthew’s huge crate of cables and wires and putting them in tiny labeled ziplocs to make you feel better.

I also threw out every beauty product that was over a year old. I was shocked at how much went into the trash. Do this folks, it makes you feel sooooooo good. Unless you people are not like me and actually throw things away. “But one day I might need that tiny 4 year old sample of Angel for Men” whaaa? Yeah I am over that.  Everything gets a teeny tiny box and that is it. 

The good news is that we put more things aside for the stoop sale. The bad news is that home organization makes the house messy in the process. We did the only thing you can do to motivate yourself to finish cleaning your house when you have already been doing it for 2 days straight. Invited someone over for dinner.

Tim came, we had the somewhat mislabeled “Chicken in Wine”  - thanks to Granny Fairclough for the original recipe we copied while in Vancouver. Matthew updated slightly and here you have it:

 

Chicken in wine (or chicken and mushrooms, or chicken in OJ)

2 packages cut up chicken (we used a mix of cutlets and thighs)

2 cups fresh sliced mushrooms

1 can mushroom soup (we used Amy’s instead of campbells. Amy’s has alot less salt so we had to add a bit back for flavor)

8 oz chicken broth

½ cup orange juice

½ cup dry white wine (we used Gerwertztraminer)

4 julienned carrots

1 tbsp brown sugar

salt and pepper to taste

In the dutch oven, on the stovetop:

Shake chicken in seasoned flour and sautee in oil. Remove chicken then add mushrooms and sautee. Add OJ to deglaze the pan.

Combine remaining ingredients, add chicken and transfer to oven.

Cook for 1 hour at 350 in covered dutch oven.

You can also cook chicken and mushrooms in a pan then transfer all to a casserole if you do not own a dutch oven. Thats how Granny did it!

Apologies for the lack of quality photos but Matthew was in charge of this one and I only came running with the camera when I started smelling the deliciousness. It smells VERY good. Then as soon as I snapped these 2 the buzzer rang. Tim came in and I completely forgot what I was doing. If I took a less messy plated photo this would look a lot more appetizing but trust me! Its good!

Verdict: We served it with zucchini and boiled new potatoes. Next time we might try rice like Granny’s recipe called for. It makes a gravy and would be great in the winter with mashed potatoes. We will definitely add this to the rotation, especially when there is a bit of white wine left in the fridge. There were leftovers and I already called them.

 

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