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Chicken with Tomatoes and Prawns Recipe

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Chicken, Main Courses, Poultry
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 4
Calories 231.4 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup (4 fl oz/120 ml) olive oil
  • 8 chicken thighs on the bone, skinned
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 celery stick, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 12 oz (350 g) ripe Italian plum tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 cup (8 fl oz/250 ml) dry white wine
  • 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml)finely chopped fresh rosemary
  • 6 oz (175 g) large raw prawns
  • 1 tbsp (½ oz/15 g) butter
  • 8 small triangles of thinly sliced white bread, without crusts
  • Salt and ground black pepper
  • Finely chopped flat leaf parsley to garnish

Instructions
 

  • #This Piedmontese dish was created for Napoleon after the battle of Marengo. Versions of it appear in both Italian and French recipe books.# Heat ½ tbsp (about 30 ml) of the oil in a frying pan, add the chicken thighs and saute over a medium heat for about 5 minutes until they have changed color on all sides. Transfer the chicken to a flameproof casserole.
  • Add the onion and celery to the frying pan and cook gently, stirring frequently, for about 3 minutes until softened. Add the garlic, tomatoes, wine and rosemary to the pan. Season well with salt and pepper. Shell half the prawns, then add all the prawns to the tomato sauce and heat until they are cooked.
  • Pour the tomato sauce over the chicken. Cover and cook gently for 40 minutes or until the chicken is tender when pierced.
  • About 10 minutes before serving, add the remaining oil and the butter to the frying pan and heat until the mixture is hot but not smoking. Add the triangles of white bread and shallow-fry for about 2 minutes on each side, or until they are crisp and golden. Drain on kitchen paper. Season.
  • Dip one of the tips of each fried bread triangle in parsley to garnish. Serve the dish piping hot, decorated with the bread triangles.
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