Bryans Chicken Provencal Food

PROVENCAL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

CHICKEN PROVENCAL "STOUP"

Steps:

• One medium soup pot preheated over medium high heat. While soup pot heats, chop carrots into 1/4-inch dice, then add garlic, and stir to coat in extra-virgin olive oil. Chop and drop in the zucchini, pepper and onion next, 1/2 inch dice. Season all the veggies with salt and pepper and herbes de Provence. Cook the veggies together 5 minutes. While they cook, cut potatoes into thin wedges. Add wine to vegetables and reduce a minute or so. Add the tomatoes, cut potatoes and stock to the pot, cover the pot and raise heat to high. Bring the stoup to a boil, then add cut chicken and simmer 8 to10 minutes until potatoes are just tender and chicken is cooked through. Serve stoup in shallow bowls and stir in a rounded spoonful of black olive tapenade at the table. Top soup with chopped parsley and pass crusty bread at the table for dipping and mopping.

ROASTED CHICKEN PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Put the tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, olives and anchovies in a large roasting pan. Add the marmalade, oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon water and toss to coat thoroughly.
• Pat the chicken dry, insert the rosemary into its cavity and sprinkle with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and a couple turns of pepper. Push the vegetables to the sides of the roasting pan and put the chicken breast-side up in the center.
• Roast for 30 minutes. Flip the chicken so that it is breast-side down and continue to roast until golden brown all over, about 15 minutes. Flip the chicken back to breast-side up and continue to roast until the vegetables are saucy and tender and the chicken is cooked through (an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh should register 165 degrees F), about 15 minutes more. Let rest for 10 minutes, then cut the chicken into pieces and serve with the vegetables.

CHICKEN PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 300 degrees.
• Sprinkle both sides of chicken with salt.
• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering but not smoking.
• Add 4 chicken thighs, skin-side down, and cook without moving them until skin is crisp and well browned, about 5 minutes.
• Using tongs, turn chicken pieces and brown on second side, about 5 minutes longer; transfer to large plate.
• Add remaining 4 chicken thighs to pot and repeat, then transfer to plate and set aside.
• Discard all but 1 tablespoon fat from pot.
• Add onion to fat in Dutch oven and cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until browned, about 4 minutes.
• Add garlic, anchovy, and cayenne; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add wine and scrape up browned bits from pan bottom with wooden spoon.
• Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, thyme, oregano, bay, and herbes de Provence (if using).
• Remove and discard skin from chicken thighs, then submerge chicken in liquid and add accumulated chicken juices to pot.
• Increase heat to high, bring to simmer, cover, then set pot in oven; cook until chicken offers no resistance when poked with tip of paring knife but still clings to bones, about 1 1/4 hours.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer chicken to serving platter and tent with foil. Discard bay leaf.
• Set Dutch oven over high heat, stir in 1 teaspoon lemon zest, bring to boil, and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and reduced to 2 cups, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in olives and cook until heated through, about 1 minute.
• Meanwhile, mix remaining 1/2 teaspoon zest with parsley.
• Spoon sauce over chicken, drizzle chicken with remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil, sprinkle with parsley mixture, and serve.

BRYAN'S CHICKEN PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet with a cover over moderately high heat.
• Season the chicken liberally with salt and pepper.
• Cook the chicken until browned, turning to brown on all sides, but not cooked through.
• Remove the chicken to a warm platter and cover with foil.
• Pour off all but about 2 tbsp of the chicken fat.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the onion, and garlic, and saute until onion starts to turn translucent.
• Add the wine and reduce by half, about 3 minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan.
• Add the tomatoes, herbes de provence, olives, and anchovy paste, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken thighs and drumsticks and any accumulated juices; cover, and reduce the heat to low.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add in the breasts and cook until chicken is just done, 10 minutes more.
• Correct seasoning and serve.

ORIGINAL CARRABBA'S CHICKEN BRYAN (NOT COPYCAT!)

Steps:

• Brush chicken on both sides with olive oil, season to taste with Kosher salt and cracked pepper.
• Grill chicken until done (internal temp of 165F) - prepare lemon butter sauce while chicken is grilling.
• Sautee onion and garlic in 2 Tbps butter until soft and fragrant.
• Add white wine and lemon juice, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes to reduce.
• Add remaining 6 Tbsp butter, a little at a time, until it melts and mixture is emulsified.
• Add chopped sun-dried tomatoes and basil, heat until hot (but do not overheat or sauce may break).
• Top nearly-done chicken breasts with 2 oz each of the goat cheese until cheese warms and softens.
• To serve, spoon lemon butter sauce over chicken breasts.
• Enjoy! I serve this dish with pasta tossed in butter or olive oil (the delicious lemon butter sauce will perfect it), garlic mashed potatoes and a green salad -- yummmm!

CARRABBA'S CHICKEN BRYAN

Steps:

• Saute garlic and onion in 2 Tbls. butter in a large skillet over medium heat until tender.
• Stir wine and lemon juice into skillet, increase heat to medium high, and simmer to reduce by half.
• Reduce heat to low and stir in cold butter, one slice at a time.
• Stir in tomatoes, basil, kosher salt, and white pepper; remove from heat; set aside.
• Brush chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and black pepper.
• Grill chicken over hot coals 15-20 minutes, or until cooked through.
• A couple of minutes before chicken is done, place equal amounts of cheese on each breast Spoon prepared sun-dried tomato sauce over chicken.

CROCK POT CHICKEN PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in the slow cooker, except for the basil leaves.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Cover; cook on Low for 7 to 9 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours.
• Garnish with basil.

ROASTED CHICKEN PROVENçAL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Put the flour in a shallow pan, and lightly dredge the chicken in it, shaking the pieces to remove excess flour.
• Swirl the oil in a large roasting pan, and place the floured chicken in it. Season the chicken with the herbes de Provence. Arrange the lemon, garlic cloves and shallots around the chicken, then add the vermouth to the pan.
• Put the pan in the oven, and roast for 25 to 30 minutes, then baste it with the pan juices. Continue roasting for another 25 to 30 minutes, or until the chicken is very crisp and the meat cooked through.
• Serve in the pan or on a warmed platter, garnished with the thyme.

CHICKEN PROVENçAL WITH OLIVES & ARTICHOKES

Steps:

• Tip the chicken into a large bowl or dish and add the garlic, wine, 2 tbsp oil and the thyme. Season with 2 tbsp flaky salt and mix well until completely coated. Cover and chill for at least a few hours, but preferably overnight.
• Heat grill to high. Arrange the plum tomatoes on a tray, cut-side up, drizzle with the remaining 1 tbsp oil and grill for 15 mins, or until charred. Set aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large casserole dish or flameproof roasting tin. Scrape the marinade off the chicken pieces back into the bowl and fry the chicken in batches for about 15 mins until the skin is golden and crisp - watch out, the oil has a tendency to sputter. Remove the chicken from the dish and pour off the oil. Place the dish back on the heat, add the tomato purée and cook for 2 mins, then add the herbs, fennel seeds, remaining marinade and chicken stock. Bring up to the boil, add the grilled tomatoes, then simmer gently for 20 mins.
• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 4. Nestle the chicken pieces back into the dish, then stir them in to coat in the sauce. Scatter over the celery, button onions and artichokes. Bring up to a simmer, pop the lid on, then transfer to the oven and cook for 1 hr. Remove the lid and stir in the olives. Season to taste and leave everything to settle for 15 mins before serving straight from the dish.