Basque Chicken in Clay Cooker

Title: Basque Chicken in Clay Cooker
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1 Green pepper; cut in strips
2 Onions; sliced in rings
1/4 lb Mushrooms; sliced
2 Cloves garlic; minced
1 Frying chicken; (3-3 1/2
-lbs.) quartered
1 ts Salt
1 pn Black pepper
1/4 ts Cayenne
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1/4 c Dry white wine; (or water)
2 ts Cornstarch
1 tb Water

Soak top and bottom of clay cooker in water for 15 minutes Drain. Place
green pepper, mushrooms, onion, and garlic in cooker. Place chicken
quarters, skin side up over vegetables. Sprinkle with salt and peppers. Mix
tomato sauce and wine, pour over chicken.

Place cooker in cold oven. Set oven temp. at 450 and bake 1 1/4 hours.
Remove chicken pieces and keep warm.

Pour cooking liquid from cooker into a medium skillet. Mix cornstarch and
water; stir into skillet. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly, until
thickened and clear. Pour over chicken and serve.

Posted to KitMailbox Digest by Cairn Rodrigues on Apr
18, 1998