Friday, November 13, 2009

Sweet and Sour Chicken, Steamed Veggies with roasted Chickpeas

Season chicken with salt and pepper, dust with flour. Heat olive oil in an oven proof skillet, add chicken skin side down and cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Turn over and pour off fat. Tuck shallots around chicken and cook until golden, about 2 more minutes. Push chicken aside and stir in 1 Tbsp tomato paste and 1 Tbsp fresh thyme and cook about 30 seconds. Add 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar and 1/2 cup unfiltered apple cider and 1/3 cup golden raisins, bring to a boil and simmer one minute. Transfer to the oven and roast 10-12 minutes at 450 degrees. Remove chicken from pan, bring sauce back to a boil then reduce by half (about 3-4 minutes). Lower the heat and whisk in the 2 Tbsp butter.


Veggies:

Place squash, califlower and ginger in a large steamer basket over boiling salted water, cover and steam about 25 minutes. Add snow peas, remove the pan from heat and keep covered until the peas are crisp-tender, about 5 mintues. Toast crushed corriander seeds (1/2 tsp) in a skillet over medium low heat about 1 minute. Add seseme oil and increase heat to medium high. Add 1 can chickpeas and cook until crisp, about 5 minutes. Add butter and scallions, remove from heat. Serve over rice

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