Chicken Osso Buco Food

CHICKEN THIGH OSSO BUCCO

Steps:

• Place flour, salt and pepper on plate. Mix. Dredge chicken in flour mixture until all sides are covered.
• Add olive oil (enough to cover bottom of pan) to large heavy-bottomed saucepan. Heat on medium.
• When oil is hot, add chicken. Sear chicken until it is browned on both sides (you might need to brown chicken in batches). Remove chicken from pan.
• Add a bit more olive oil if necessary. Add onions and carrots; cook until softened (4-5 minutes).
• Add minced garlic. Cook for one more minute, stirring to prevent burning.
• Add tomato paste, wine, chicken stock, rosemary and thyme. Stir to combine all ingredients. Cook until the liquid in the pan has reduced by about half.
• Add the chicken thighs back to the pan; turn heat to low. Cover pan, and cook on low for 45-50 minutes (or until is cooked all the way through.
• Serve cooked chicken on top of creamy mashed potatoes or polenta. Spoon some of the veggies and sauce over the top of chicken. Garnish with parsley, if desired.

CHICKEN OSSO BUCO

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF. In a large resealable plastic bag, place the flour and the chicken pieces and shake to coat. Heat the oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, about 8 minutes. Transfer the chicken to plate.
• Reduce the heat to medium. Add the onion, carrots, fennel and 2 tsp of the garlic to the saucepan and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the wine and cook, stirring and scraping up any brown bits for 1 minute.
• Add the chicken broth, tomatoes, rosemary, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper and simmer for 4 minutes.
• Return chicken to pan, cover and bake until the chicken is cooked through, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook the orzo according to package directions. In a small bowl, combine the parsley, lemon zest and the remaining garlic. Sprinkle chicken with parsley mixture and serve with cooked orzo.

OSSO BUCO

Steps:

• Place the rosemary, thyme, bay leaf and cloves into cheesecloth and secure with twine. This will be your bouquet garni.
• For the veal shanks, pat dry with paper towels to remove any excess moisture. Veal shanks will brown better when they are dry. Secure the meat to the bone with the kitchen twine. Season each shank with salt and freshly ground pepper. Dredge the shanks in flour, shaking off excess.
• In a large Dutch oven pot, heat vegetable oil until smoking. Add tied veal shanks to the hot pan and brown all sides, about 3 minutes per side. Remove browned shanks and reserve.
• In the same pot, add the onion, carrot and celery. Season with salt at this point to help draw out the moisture from the vegetables. Saute until soft and translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the tomato paste and mix well. Return browned shanks to the pan and add the white wine and reduce liquid by half, about 5 minutes. Add the bouquet garni and 2 cups of the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover pan and simmer for about 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is falling off the bone. Check every 15 minutes, turning shanks and adding more chicken stock as necessary. The level of cooking liquid should always be about 3/4 the way up the shank.
• Carefully remove the cooked shanks from the pot and place in decorative serving platter. Cut off the kitchen twine and discard.
• Remove and discard bouquet garni from the pot.
• Pour all the juices and sauce from the pot over the shanks. Garnish with chopped parsley and lemon zest.

SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN 'OSSO BUCO'

Steps:

• Toss chicken with flour; place in slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray.
• Add all remaining ingredients except rice; stir. Cover with lid. Cook on LOW 6 to 8 hours (or on HIGH 3 to 4 hours).
• Stir chicken mixture until sauce is thickened. Serve over rice.

CLINTON KELLY'S CHICKEN THIGH OSSO BUCCO

Steps:

• Add the flour in a shallow plate and season with salt and pepper.
• Dredge both sides of the chicken thighs in the seasoned flour, shaking off the excess.
• In a large Dutch oven over medium heat, add olive oil.
• Sear the chicken thighs until browned on both sides.
• Do this in two batches of 4 so you don't crowd the plate.
• Remove browned thighs to a plate.
• Add the onion and carrot and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add 2 cloves minced garlic, and cook about 1 more minute.
• Add tomato paste mix well with all the ingredients and cook for another minute.
• Add the wine, chicken stock, rosemary and thyme.
• Cook until the liquids are reduced by about half.
• Add the chicken back to the pan and reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 45 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
• Serve over mashed potatoes, serve a chicken thigh and a spoonful of veggies and sauce. Top with parsley if you would like.
• Serve with the Richest, Cheesiest, Crispy Mashed Potatoes.

OSSO BUCO-STYLE CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• To prepare chicken, heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoons salt and pepper. Add chicken to pan, cook 4 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove chicken from pan. Heat 1 teaspoons oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, celery and 2 garlic cloves. Cover and cook 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in wine, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Stir in 1/2 teaspoons salt , tomato, basil, and rosemary, bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium low and cook 15 minutes. Return chicken to pan. Cover and simmer 35 minutes or until chicken is done. Uncover and cook 5 minutes or until tomato mixture thickens.
• To prepare polenta; combine milk and broth in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; gradually add instant polenta, stirring constantly with a whisk. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in cheese and 1/4 teaspoons salt.
• To prepare the gremolata; combine parsley, lemon rind and 1 garlic clove. Serve chicken mixture over polenta; sprinkle with gremolata.

OSSO BUCCO-STYLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large nonstick dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add in chicken; cook about 5 minutes or until browned on both sides; transfer chicken to a plate.
• Add in the onion, celery, carrots, and 1/2 of the garlic to the dutch oven.
• Stir/saute about 8 minutes or until the vegetables are very soft.
• Add in the tomatoes, broth, wine, and bay leaf, stirring with a fork to break up the tomatoes.
• Return the chicken to the pan; bring to a boil.
• Lower heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes or until the chicken is tender.
• Discard the bay leaf.
• In a small bowl, combine the parsley, lemon zest, and remaining garlic; sprinkle mixture over chicken.

CHICKEN OSSO BUCO

Steps:

• Remove and discard excess fat and skin from chicken.
• Reserve 1 tablespoon of the flour; toss chicken in remaining flour, shake of excess.
• Heat half the oil in a large pan; cook chicken in batches until browned.
• Drain on paper towel.
• Heat remaining oil in the same pan and cook the leek and garlic, stirring until the leek is soft.
• Add the reserved flour and paste and cook stirring for about 1 minute.
• Stir in the stock, wine and undrained chopped tomatoes; bring to boil.
• Return the chicken to the pan and simmer covered for approximately.
• 1-1/4 hours.
• Add the celery and carrot, simmer uncovered, 20minutes until the vegetables are soft.
• Just before serving sprinkle the gremolada over.
• GREMOLADA: Combine rind, parsley and garlic in a small bowl and mix well.

CHICKEN THIGH OSSO BUCCO

Steps:

• Salt and pepper thighs and saute in 1T. olive oil.
• Chop onion, carrot, celery and garlic into a fine mince.
• Remove chicken thighs when brown on both sides.
• Add veggies to pan and cook till soft.
• Deglaze pan with red wine and reduce by half.
• Add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, oregano and rosemary.
• Cook till bubbly then add thighs back to the pan.
• Simmer 40-60 minutes.
• Meanwhile combine chopped parsley, lemon zest and chopped garlic.
• Before serving add the last 3 ingredients.

SLOW-COOKER 'OSSO BUCO' WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine flour and pepper in shallow dish. Add chicken, 1 thigh at a time, turning to evenly coat each thigh with flour mixture.
• Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cook 5 min. on each side or until evenly browned on both sides. Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm.
• Add broth to skillet; cook 2 min., stirring constantly to remove browned bits from bottom of skillet. Remove from heat. Stir in tomatoes, lemon zest, lemon juice and thyme.
• Place carrots, celery, onions and garlic in slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray; sprinkle with tapioca. Top with chicken. Pour broth mixture over chicken; cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 5 to 6 hours (or on HIGH 2-1/2 to 3 hours).