Cherry-colored
Chicken, Loulé Style
Ingredients:
Serves
4
- 1,6
kg of chicken ;
- 100
grs of pork belly (toucinho) - bacon is a good
substitute ;
- 80
grs of sausage (linguiça or chouriço) ;
- 150
grs of onions ;
- 1
dl of olive oil ;
- 50
grs of lard ;
- 30
grs of butter ;
- 2
cloves of garlic ;
- 1
bunch of parsley ;
- 2
dl of white wine ;
- 260
grs of rice ;
- salt
to taste
- water
Preparation:
Wash
the chicken carefully in cold water.
Place a pot on the flame and in it put the chicken,
sausage, a small onion and the bunch of parsley. Cover
with water and season with salt. Cook.
As soon as the meat is cooked, take it out and put
in on a serving tray. Drain off the liquid in which
the chicken was cooked.
Peel and mince the onions and garlic.
Separately, in another pot, put the garlic, onions,
olive oil, butter, lard and the parsley chopped in
slightly large pieces and let the mixture fry without
browning.
Add the chicken to this pot, browning it on both sides.
Pour the white wine over the chicken and cover the
pot, letting it cook for 15 minutes on a low
flame.
In the pot in which the chicken was cooked, place
the liquid that was obtained. Place it on the stove
again until it begins to boil.
Then add the rice; The volume of the liquid
should be twice the volume of rice. Put in the oven
and cook it or 15 minutes.
Slice up the sausage and cut the pork belly into thin
strips.
Finally, serve the chicken, garnished with the rice
and decorated with the sausage and the pork belly
or bacon.
Hint:
Use home-raised chicken.
