Basque Chicken

by Nancy, Paris (France)

Famous in South of France, this meal is one of my boyfriend’s favorite

• Servings: 6
• Preparation times:
  • Active: 20 minutes
  • Cooking: 1 hour
• Ingredients:
  • 1 Chicken, choped in 16 (or 2 chicken breast or fillet cut in 1 inch cubes, 2 Chicken wings, 2 chicken legs)
  • 4 green & red pepper, minced
  • 1 kilogram tomatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 2 onion chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 250 ml white wine
  • 1 bouquet garni or dried provence herb
  • olive oil
  • paprika
  • cayenne pepper
  • salt
  • pepper
• Steps:
  1. Heat the olive oil in a pot over medium heat.
  2. Add the chopped onions, the minced garlic cloves and the minced green and red pepper into the pot and stir gently for about 5 minutes.
  3. Add the chopped and peeled Tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cover the pot and cook at low for 20 minutes.
  4. In the meantime roll the chicken in the paprika and then have it stirred in a pan.
  5. Add the Chicken, white wine, the bouquet garni and little cayenne pepper into the vegetable pot. Cover again and cook for 30 minutes at low heat.
• Notes:
  • This meal can be served either with rice or pasta.