Clay Pot Chicken And Vegetables Food

CLAY POT CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Wash chicken under cold water. Pat dry with absorbent paper.
• Cut into small pieces. Place in a dish with the soy sauce and sherry, cover and marinate for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
• Soak mushrooms in hot water to cover for 30 minutes. Drain, squeeze to remove excess liquid. Remove stems and chop caps into shreds.
• Wash leeks thoroughly to remove all grit; cut leeks and sweet potato/carrot into thin slices.
• Drain the chicken, reserving the marinade. Heat half the oil in a wok or heavy-based frying pan.
• Carefully add half the chicken pieces and stirfry briefly until seared on all sides. Transfer to a flameproof clay pot or casserole dish; stirfry the remaining chicken and add to the clay pot.
• Heat remaining oil in wok, add leek and ginger, stirfry for 1 minute. Add mushrooms, the remaining marinade, stock and sesame oil.
• Transfer to the clay pot, add sweet potato/carrot and cook, covered, on the top of the stove over a very low heat for about 20 minutes (I cooked in the oven 160 degrees celcius for 20 minutes).
• Dissolve cornflour with a little water and add to the pot. Cook, stirring, until the mixture boils and thickens.
• Serve the chicken and vegetables at once with rice or noodles.

CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE DONABE

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, combine broth, garlic and ginger. Season chicken with salt and pepper, and add to pot. Bring to a boil over high, skimming the foam and fat that rises to the top and discarding it. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, occasionally stirring and skimming, until foam no longer appears in the broth, about 5 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, cabbage, daikon, scallions and carrot to the pot, arranging them in sections, and season with salt. Cover and simmer over medium to medium-low heat (maintain a good simmer, but do not boil) until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Discard ginger. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine ponzu, sesame oil and yuzu kosho (if using), and mix well.
• Divide donabe among four bowls. Drizzle with some of the ponzu sauce and serve warm.

HERB AND LEMON CHICKEN IN A CLAY POT

Steps:

• Mash Herbes de Provence into the softened butter until well blended.
• Rinse chicken inside and out and pat dry with paper towels.
• Soak clay pot and lid in cold water for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place 1/2 lemon in cavity of chicken and truss chicken with kitchen twine. Fold wings under. Rub butter mixture over chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Slice remaining 1/2 lemon into 3 or 4 slices.
• After soaking, line bottom of pot evenly with onion, celery, carrot, garlic and lemon slices. Place chicken, breast side up, on top of vegies.
• Pour broth over chicken and cover pot with soaked lid.
• Place in a COLD oven and set heat at 450°F.
• Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the legs move easily and skin is browned.
• (Lid can be removed the last 10 minutes, for crisper skin.).
• Transfer to a platter and let rest 10 minutes before carving. Serve with the pan juices and vegies, if desired.

CLAY-POT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celcius.
• Dry fry the coconut in a large wok until evenly browned. Add the vegetable oil, shallots or onion, garlic, lemon grass, ginger, chillies and tamarind paste. Fry for 2 - 4 minutes to release the flavours. Add the chicken pieces to the wok and brown evenly with the spices for 2 - 3 minutes.
• Strain the coconut milk, and add the thin part with the chicken stock, lime leaves, if using, sugar and vinegar. Transfer to a glazed clay pot, cover and bake in the centre of the oven for 50 minutes or until the chicken is tender. Stir in the thick part of the coconut milk and return to the oven for 5-10 minutes.
• Place the tomatoes in a bowl and cover with boiling water to loosen and remove the skins. halve the tomatoes, then remove the seeds and chop into large dice.
• Add the chopped tomatoes to the finished dish, sprinkle with the chopped coriander and serve.
• Plain rice is the usual accompaniment, but I normally serve with Naan Bread.

CLAY POT CHICKEN WITH GARLIC CARROTS AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Soak clay pot for 15 min.
• Rub chicken with garlic, salt, pepper, caraway seeds, parsley, Italian dressing and marinate overnight ( optional) You can rub your chicken and bake it right away, but it will taste much better , if marinated.
• In a clay pot, add potatoes, carrots and chicken on top.
• Place your clay pot in the cold oven and roast at 430F for 1.5 hours.