• Catalan Holiday Chicken

    Posted on January 15, 2012 by in
    Food and Recipes Blog - Main Dish Recipes - Catalan Holiday Chicken - Two Sisters Talking share a recipe from Guest Cook, Stephanie Hansson called Catalan Holiday Chicken.

    Ingredients

    • large Roasting Chicken (5-6lbs)
    • 2 tablespoons lard (I used butter with a little EVOO)
    • 6 small white onions (about 2-21/2 ins in diameter)
    • 1 large head of garlic (separated into cloves and peeled)
    • 1 stick of Cinnamon
    • 1 Bay leaf ( I used one large one from my bush)
    • Salt and Pepper to taste
    • 1 cup Cognac ( I used brandy, though cognac is better)

    Note

    This comes from an area of Spain called Emporda’.

    Recipe Submitted by Stephanie Hansson – Re/Max Bryan College Station

    Directions

    Step 1
    Preheat oven to 375, Cut chicken into 10-12 serving pieces, brown thoroughly in lard and small amount of oil (in batches if necessary) in a Dutch oven or roasting pan. After browning, add onions and garlic cloves to the pan, stirring well to coat well with the lard and oil. Then add the cinnamon, bayleaf and salt and pepper to taste.
    Step 2
    Pour cognac over the chicken pieces, and roast uncovered for 1 1/2 hours, turning the chicken after 45 minutes and basting occasionally with pan juices while roasting. Moisten chicken with pan juices before serving.
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