The Pioneer Woman is awesome. I love her. And I love her husband - Marlboro Man. I have to admit, the rest of her blogs have run their course for me. I followed her for a long time, but I'm done with pictures of cows and baby cowboys and Marlboro Man's tush (well, not totally done with that one).
However, I still stalk the cooking blog. And this recipe for Chicken Cacciatore is why. I will stare at as many pictures of cows as you want me to if I can eat this once a week.The meat slides off the bone, the sauce is perfectly comforting on a cold day. Nom nom nom. I used those nice, thick, solid look Amish egg noodles. So good. Yum.
It's still for a crowd, even if you can't freeze it. I had planned on making it for friends, so I had purchased 4 thighs, 4 whatertheycalled....leg quarters? Is that when you get the thigh and the leg? and 1 breast. But then various health issues, scary and not scary, reared their heads and I took them dinner instead. Apparently it keeps well for an hour assembled in the oven because I got a text later that night raving about it.
I started this recipe, with the above mentioned chicken bits, in my (new! from Marshall's, but still new!) 6 qt. Dutch Oven. It wasn't big enough. Which is ok, since I ended up splitting it up anyway - 3/4 for them, 1/4 for us. So just before I put it in the oven, I put 1/4 of the veg/wine mix in a second oven safe pot and put them in side by side. I also ended up using a little cornstarch to thicken the sauce up in the final step. Put a little of the liquid in a small bowl, whisk in a tablespoon of cornstarch until lumps are gone, add to main pot whisking constantly.
Rosie was confused as to why we were using the cornstarch for something besides goo:
Enjoy.
Ooh...I have wondered about that recipe.
ReplyDeleteCan I just say how much I love PW. Love. Love love.
Do you have her cook book? Cause her Spicy Pulled Pork is to DIE FOR!!!!!!! It makes a lot, but you could totally freeze it. To die for. It's so good. Crap. I totally have to make it soon now.