Chicken with Fried Bread Crumbs
- A 4 pound (1.8 kg) chicken, cut into several pieces
- 1/2 small white onion
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 5 peppercorns
- Salt to taste
- Water or chicken broth to cover
- 3 medium carrots, scraped and cut into 1/2-inch (1.5 cm) cubes
- 3 medium zucchini (12 ounces/340 g), cut into 1/2-inch (1.5 cm) cubes
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup (65 ml) thinly sliced white onion
- 1 pound (450 g) tomatoes, broiled (see Notes)
- 3 tablespoons raisins
- 2 tablespoons slivered almonds
- 1 chorizo, crumbled and fried
- 3 jalapeno chiles en escabeche
- 2 teaspoons juice from the chile can
- 1/3 cup (85 ml) vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) dried but not toasted bread crumbs
- Put the chicken into a large pan with the onion, 1 garlic clove, the peppercorns, and salt, cover with cold water, and bring to a simmer.
- Continue simmering for about 15 minutes, add the carrots, and cook for 10 more minutes.
- Add the zucchini and continue cooking over low heat until the chicken is just tender and the vegetables still a little al dente, about 10 minutes.
- Strain, reserving the stock.
- Heat the oil in a flameproof casserole and gently fry the onion and remaining garlic until translucent.
- Blend the tomatoes to a fairly smooth sauce and add to the onion with 1/2 cup (125 ml) of the reserved stock.
- Let the sauce reduce over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken pieces and vegetables, the raisins; almonds, chorizo, chiles, and chile juice and cook slowly for 8 minutes more, stirring the mixture from time to time to avoid sticking.
- The sauce by then should be reduced.
- Heat the oil in a skillet, add the bread crumbs, and fry them, stirring them all the time until they are an even gold color, about 8 minutes.
- Then sprinkle the bread crumbs over the chicken and vegetables and serve immediately.
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Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/chicken-with-fried-bread-crumbs (may not work)