Poulet a la Bohemienne
- One 3-to-4-pound chicken
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3/4 cup white wine
- 4 bell peppers, roasted (see basic technique on page 91), peeled, seeded, and cut into long strips
- 2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and cut into large chunks, or one 15-ounce can stewed tomatoes
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 fennel bulb, diced
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
- 1 lemon, sliced into 6 pieces
- Season the chicken with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a Dutch oven or other large pot, and brown the chicken on all sides.
- Remove it from the pan, and discard the fat.
- Pour the remaining tablespoon of oil into the pan, put the chicken back in, pour on half of the white wine, and reduce it by half.
- Scatter the peppers, tomatoes, onion, garlic, fennel, and paprika around the chicken, and season with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
- Stir, bringing to a boil, then cover, lower the heat, and cook for 30minutes.
- Add the rest of the white wine and continue to cook, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
- Once the chicken is cooked through, serve whole, surrounded by the vegetables and lemon slices.
- Carve at the table.
chicken, salt, olive oil, white wine, bell peppers, tomatoes, onion, clove garlic, fennel bulb, sweet paprika, lemon
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/poulet-a-la-bohemienne-373999 (may not work)