Seder Menu: Chicken Braised with Dried Fruit, Garlic and Olives

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Seder Menu: Chicken Braised with Dried Fruit, Garlic and Olives

This recipe makes 8 servings

Nutritional Info
Per serving: about	-
cal	350350 cal
pro	29 g29g pro
total fat	15 g15g total fat
sat. fat	4 g4g sat. fat
carb	25 g25g carb
fibre	3 g3g fibre
chol	87 mg87mg chol
sodium	725 mg725mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	66 calcium
iron	1616 iron
vit A	88 vit A
vit C	1212 vit C
folate	66 folate

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Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 1tbsp tbspvegetable oil
4 lb chicken pieces 4 4lb lbchicken pieces
1 lb pearl onions 1 1lb lbpearl onionpearl onions
1/2 cup green olives , pitted1/2 1/2cup cupgreen olivegreen olives, pitted
1/2 cup dried apricots 1/2 1/2cup cupdried apricotdried apricots
1/2 cup pitted prunes 1/2 1/2cup cuppitted pruneprunes
2 cinnamon sticks 2 2cinnamon stickcinnamon sticks
2 bay leaves 2 2bay leafbay leaves
1 tsp salt 1 1tsp tspsalt
1 tsp ground cumin 1 1tsp tspground cumin
1 tsp cracked black peppercorns 1 1tsp tspcracked black peppercornblack peppercorns
1-1/2 cups chicken stock 1-1/2 1-1/2cups cupschicken stock
1/4 cup wine vinegar 1/4 1/4cup cupwine vinegar
1/4 cup red wine 1/4 1/4cup cupred wine
2 tbsp liquid honey 2 2tbsp tbspliquid honey
2 garlic heads 2 2garlic heads

Preparation

In large Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat; brown chicken, in batches. Transfer to plate.

Drain off fat from pan; reduce heat to medium. Add onions, olives, apricots, prunes, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, salt, cumin and peppercorns; cook for 1 minute. Return chicken and any accumulated juices to pan.

In bowl, whisk together chicken stock, wine vinegar, red wine and honey; pour over chicken.

Slice tops off garlic; push down among chicken pieces. Cover and bring to boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until chicken is no longer pink inside, about 35 minutes. Discard bay leaves and cinnamon sticks. (Make-ahead: Let cool for 30 minutes. Refrigerate, uncovered, in airtight container until cold. Cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Reheat over medium heat.)

Additional information :

Substitution: You can use apple juice instead of the wine.

Source : Canadian Living Magazine: April 2003