Chicken Perigord Style Food

CHICKEN PERIGORD-STYLE

Steps:

• About 1 hour before serving:.
• Melt 6 tablespoons butter or margarine in 12
• inch skillet or dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and cook until browned on all sides. Remove from pan.
• In hot remaining 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, cook mushrooms until the mushrooms are golden.
• This will take about 5 minutes.
• With slotted spoon, remove mushrooms to small bowl.
• Into drippings, over medium heat, stir flour and salt until blended.
• Gradually stir in chicken broth and half & half and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened.
• Place chicken and mushrooms in sauce.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until chicken is fork-tender.

CHICKEN PERIGORD RECIPE

Steps:

• In skillet over medium heat in 6 tbsp. Butter cook chicken pieces a few at a time until browned on all sides. Set aside chicken. In drippings add remaining 2 Tbsp butter and cook mushrooms until golden (5 minutes). Remove mushrooms with slotted spoon. Into drippings add flour and salt until blended. Gradually add in chicken broth and half and half stirring constantly until mixture is thickened. Place chicken and mushrooms in skillet, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer about 20 minutes.

TOURAIN DU PERIGORD - GARLIC SOUP FROM THE PERIGORD

Steps:

• Heat the butter or goose fat in a soup pot, and add in the chopped garlic. Cook till the garlic is a little golden, then add the flour, stirring. This makes a roux that will slightly thicken the soup.
• Add the chicken stock, or water with the chicken bouillon cubes, and heat this over medium high heat for about 10 minutes.
• Take a normal size wine glass, and fill half of it with white vinegar(1/4 cup measure).
• Separate the two eggs, putting the yolks in with the vinegar, and the whites into a bowl.
• Blend the vinegar and egg yolks in the wine glass with a little spoon, and pour this into the soup pot, stirring. This further thickens the soup.
• Pour dry white wine into the wine glass to make it half full. Pour this into the soup pot, stirring. Medium high heat.
• Now, take a fork and fork through the egg whites in the bowl. Pour the whites into the soup pot, stirring. The whites cook in the liquid.
• Add salt and pepper to the pot.
• Ladle the soup into soup bowls into which the diners have put a slice or two of bread. Be sure everyone gets some egg white as you ladle up the soup.