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Category:eggs & poultry    |
| Calorie information:Chicken in lemon sauce with pototoes, 480 calories |
| INGREDIENTS |
1 chicken, about 1.5 kg, jointed
1 stick celery with leaves, rinsed,
trimmed and thinly sliced
4 tablespoons olive oil
salt and black
pepper
some sprigs fresh basil, or 0.5 teaspoon dried basil
1 small onion,
finely sliced
juice of 2 lemons
3 carrots, sliced
300 ml hot water
Serves 4 persons! | |
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| METHOD |
Rinse and dry the chicken pieces. Put the olive oil
in a wide saucepan and, when fairly hot but not brown, season the chicken pieces
and sautee them gently on both sides. They should not get brown. Remove them to
a plate. Put the onion in the same saucepan and sautee until it becomes
transparent. Add all the vegetables and the basil and sautee for a few more
minutes, until they are all coated in oil. Add the chicken pieces on top of the
vegetables and pour the lemon juice all over. It is best to start with one lemon
and adjust to taste before you add any more. When the steam from the lemon has
subsided add the water and more seasoning, then cover and cook slowly for
approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Served with plain white
hilopittes, a kind of sinall, flat, square noodles (quite often homemade
in Greece), boiled separately, it is absolutely delicious, but is equally good
with plain white rice. In either case, serve the chicken and vegetables on top
of the pasta or rice and coat with the delicious thick sauce. |
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