Harbortown Chicken

Recipe By : Ugne Wennersten
Serving Size : 2     Preparation Time 1:30
Categories : Main Dish Chicken

Amount, Measure, Ingredient -- Preparation Method

4                            Chicken thighs
2                            Slices Bacon -- Sliced thin
1                            Medium Onion -- Chopped
1                            Large Carrot -- Chopped
1/2 Cup               White wine
1/2 Cup               Chicken broth
1 Teaspoon          Chopped basil
1/2 Teaspoon     Chopped tarragon
1/2 Teaspoon     Celery seeds
                              Corn starch
                              Olive oil

Pour just enough olive oil into a 2 quart pot. Heat and sear chicken on both sides (about 5 minutes each side). Remove chicken from pot and skin.

Pour of grease in pot. Add bacon and sauté until just crisp. Add onion and carrots and sauté for 5 minutes. Add skinned chicken, wine, chicken broth, basil, tarragon and celery seed. Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 1 hour. Remove chicken. In about 1/3 cup water, add corn starch and mix well. Pour corn starch mixture slowly into broth in pot, stirring the entire time, to thicken. 

Pour sauce over chicken and serve (the sauce goes well over mashed potatoes. 

Note: no salt or pepper is required. However, you can add them if you so desire. 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -