Potted Spanish Chicken

Some of the main ingredients you will need...Parsley to garnish with....

How the sauce looks when you first begin...

Sauce when finished...

After you process sauce...

Add chicken into processed sauce...

The final dish...YUM!

I saw Rachael Ray cook up a meal that looked delicious to me the other day. I thought I would give it a whirl last night. My husband loved it.

Serves 4:

Ingredients:

1 large dried ancho chilie - stemmed and seeded

3 cups chicken stock
2 tbsp butter

1 cup white rice

1/4 cup EVOO

2 onions chopped

2 ribs celery from the heart, chopped

3 cloves garlic, chopped or grated

2 bay leaves

1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

A few pinches of ground cloves and salt and pepper

One 28-ounce can diced or whole fire-roasted tomatoes

4 small pieces bone-in chicken breast, halved crosswise

4 small bone-in chicken drumsticks

1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

1. In a small saucepan, bring the ancho chilie and 1 cup chicken stock to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until softend. 10 minutes

2. In a large saucepan, bring the remaining 2 cups stock and butter to boil. Stir in rice, cover and simmer for 18 mins. Remove from heat. Fluff with fork.

3. In another large saucepan, heat 2 tbsps. EVOO, 2 turns of the pan, pour over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, garlic, bay leaves, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, and cloves. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until softened, 7 to 8 mins. Stir in tomatoes and heat for 5 mins. Transfer sauce to food processor, discard bay leaves. Add the soaked andcho and its liquids and process until smooth.

4. Meanwhile, in a large skillet with lid, heat the remaining 2 tbsps. EVOO, 2 turns of the pan, over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, add to skillet, skin side down until browned, 7 - 8 minutes. Flip over and add your sauce. Cover and cook the chicken through, 10-12 minutes.

5. Serve the chicken on the rice and top with parsley.

~My Recommendation: I cooked this meal using the Cinnamon. We did not care too much for that taste in this dish. If you are not crazy about cinnamon I would leave this part out!

~ ENJOY ~