Susie is a dear friend of the family and the Wonder Woman behind Susie's Potatoes, as well as the inspiration behind the Beef & Guinness Pie (which I JUST threw out last night - I have 'Outdoor Fridge Leftover Food Denial,' terrible disease). On Facebook, I read about the Sunday night meals she cooks and I curse all the states that live between California and Connecticut that make it so hard for me to go to her house for dinner.
The latest - a French Chicken, cooked in a Dutch Oven, with very few ingredients, a "beautiful, bubbling, brown sauce," she describes, "that needs nothing but a ladle to pour over the succulent chicken." I had to make. I did. It was ridiculous. Ridiculous!! So much flavor, succulent chicken, crisp, bacon-wrapped skin, insanity. Next time, I will brown my skin more and I will use bacon instead of pancetta (all I had in the house). See below...
Susie's French Chicken
Printable Recipe
1 3-4 lb. chicken
1 and ½ T olive oil
2 large shallots or ½ onion, diced
1 diced celery rib
3-4 pieces of bacon (more if the chicken is bigger)
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Dice the celery and shallots (or onion).
Make sure your chicken is very dry, and season it well with salt and pepper.
Heat olive oil in a dutch oven over medium or medium-high heat. Place chicken in pot, breast-side down, and let brown for 5 or so minutes (mine needed longer, next time). Add celery and shallots on top.
Flip chicken over and continue to brown for 8 or so minutes.
Cover with tin foil and then with lid and place in oven. Cook for an hour. Remove after an hour and turn heat up to 450. Drape bacon (I used pancetta) over chicken and cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Flip bacon over and cook for another 10 minutes. (Sorry no pics of this, I blame the toddler's demanding attention). Place chicken on platter.
My pancetta sort of crumbled off into the sauce, not the worst thing that could have happened...
Beautiful, brown, bubbling sauce over succulent chicken... I can't stop saying that. Thank you Susie, once again!
10 comments:
I want to eat this for breakfast!
I love roasted chicken, I love it done in a pot like this. Never thought to add bacon. Sounds absolutely delicious!!
I have chicken I have bacon, now I have a recipe.
Thanks so much can't wait to try this French Chicken, sure beats my regular roast chicken Tuesday dinner.
I need to meet this blogging wonder. Headed over to her site now!
Oh no - there is no site for this woman's genius:( Oh well. At least you are sharing her deliciousness...
Siri, thank you so much for your wonderful words! I'm so glad you liked the chicken. It looks like it worked out beautifully for you. It means so much to me that you, who are such a wonderful cook, appreciates the few things I do. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And when you're next on the East coast, you must come to dinner! xoxo
One more thing, I will have my blog entitled "Making Peace with Potato Chips" up soon so Miss Meat and Potatoes can visit when I do......xxox
Siri, I cooked this chicken on Saturday and it was INSANE. It was so juicy that I didn't even have to carve it...it just fell apart. I want to bake this chicken every night.
Any thoughts on trying this with duck?
What a wonderful recipe! I wanted a change-up from my go to roast chicken (Ina Garten's recipe) and this was delicious. Made it without the bacon but didn't miss it a bit. Bonus: I love any opportunity to use my Le Creuset pot. Thanks Siri!
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