Saturday, October 1, 2011

Blondie's "One Pot" Chicken Quarters With Veggies

Trying my hand at cooking a little more. There are a hundred (100) ways to make Chicken. One day I will do a blog asking for Chicken recipes. Well, you could do that now if you want.

Anyway, back to my attempting to give my husband a break in the kitchen. My favorite meals are made in my one for all style. I’ll call this my “One Pot” special for chicken lovers.

I think my mother may have taught me the basics and I embellished upon it.

Blondie’s “One Pot” Chicken Quarters With Veggies

Ingredients:

Leg Quearters
1 Green Pepper
1 Red Pepper
1 Medium Onion
Adobe All Purpose Seasoning
Old Bay
Black Pepper
1 pack of Green Peas
Olive Oil
Wheat flour
Soy Sauce
Rice

Remove any excess fatty deposits under the skin of the leg quarters, or remove the skin entirely. Wash in warm water, place in a pan, season with a few shakes of black pepper, a few shakes of Adobe All Purpose Seasoning, a few shakes of Old Bay.

Take your naked hand or a rubber glove and spread the seasoning over the meat, just in case there were places the seasoning did not reach.

Let the meat sit for about 10 to 15 minutes while you cut up a half green and red pepper into smaller pieces, about the size of a pea. Repeat the same process for the onion, using only a half. Place the red and green peppers, and the onion, in a separate bowl, or on a saucer.

Take a quart size pot and place it on the stove top, heat it up, place three tablespoons of Olive Oil in the pot; after its hot, add peppers and onions. Stir for about 10 minutes. Pour off any excess oil, add Chicken, enough water to cover Chicken, let it boil.

Once it starts boiling, turn the heat down so it will simmer. Take a separate fry pan, add two tablespoons of Olive Oil, place three tablespoons of wheat flour into the fry pan and stir until it starts to turn brown, add three tablespoons of Soy Sauce, a few shakes of Adobe All Purpose Seasoning, a few shakes of Old Bay, and gradually add 1 cup of water.

Let the gravy come to a boil. Turn the heat down to let it simmer. As the gravy thickens, pour it into the pot with the Chicken. Chicken should cook to fork tenderness. It should cook down into the thickened gravy, peppers and onions. Taste the gravy.

Turn the heat down lower and pour in peas. They should cook with just the steam from the already cooked Chicken. You may also add other veggies of your choosing at this time.

Prepare your rice according to the instructions on the box. You may use brown or white rice.
Your “One Pot” Chicken With Veggies is ready to serve.

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