Chicken Marengo

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (3 lb) ready-to-cook chicken, cut up
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 3 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (, or 1 tbsp. dried)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 lb mushroom
• croutons, fried or baked in butter or oil

Recipe

• 1 rub chicken pieces with 1½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper; dredge in flour.
• 2 brown in oil on one side, and then add onion and turn pieces to brown on the other side.
• 3 when well browned, pour in wine and boil until wine reduces to about half.
• 4 stir in puree, garlic, and parsley, and then cover and cook slowly for 20 minutes.
• 5 add thyme and mushrooms; cook 10 minutes longer.
• 6 adjust seasoning.
• 7 transfer chicken to platter surrounded with croutons; pour pan gravy over the chicken.