Saturday, May 1, 2010

Recipe #13: Hunter's Chicken Stew (Pollo alla Cacciatora)


By Jamie Oliver:

• 1 x 2kg chicken, jointed, or use the equivalent amount of chicken pieces
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 8 bay leaves
• 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
• 3 cloves of garlic, peeled (1 crushed, 2 sliced)
• ½ a bottle of Chianti
• flour, for dusting
• extra virgin olive oil
• 6 anchovy fillets
a handful of green or black olives, stoned
• 2 x 400g tins of good-quality plum tomatoes

By Andrew Fernandez:

I have to start really reading the recipes instructions before I begin to cook. Needless to say on a Sunday night, its not good to think that you have dinner all set when the instructions call out for "marinate overnight". I ended up with dinner out of a box - Tuna Skillet Dinner.

I don't really know why this dish called out for anchovy fillets. It did somewhat destroy the chicken flavors and masked the Chianti. Also never cook 12 pieces of chicken, especially a dish that you have no clue what its going to taste like. Finishing the food began to feel like a never ending chore.

I'm not exactly the greatest culinary photographer, but it really didn't taste as bad as it looks.

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