Chicken Marengo with tomatoes and mushrooms (Pollo alla Marengo)

Main Dish 60 minutes 4 servings
Nutrition / servings
789kcal
66gProtein
35gCarbs
40gFat
Ingredients
  • For the chicken
  • 2.65 lb (1.2 kg) chicken thigh
  • 2 tbsp fine flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • For the sauce
  • 1 pcs onion
  • 2 clove garlic
  • 8.82 oz (250 g) button mushroom
  • 5.07 US fl oz (150 ml) dry white wine
  • 14.11 oz (400 g) canned peeled tomato
  • 3.38 US fl oz (100 ml) meat stock
  • To serve
  • 7.05 oz (200 g) shrimp
  • 4 slice bread
  • 2 tbsp parsley leaves
Description

1. Cut the chicken legs in two at the joint, season with salt and pepper and dust lightly with flour.

2. Heat the olive oil in a large, deep frying pan and brown the chicken on all sides for 8-10 minutes until golden; remove from the pan.

3. In the remaining fat, soften the finely chopped onion for 5 minutes, then add the crushed garlic and quartered mushrooms and fry for another 5 minutes.

4. Pour in the white wine, bring to the boil, then add the chopped tomatoes and stock; return the chicken, cover and simmer over low heat for 35-40 minutes until tender.

5. For the last 5 minutes, add the peeled prawns to the sauce and cook until pink; meanwhile toast the bread slices in a pan with a little oil.

6. Serve the chicken with the sauce and prawns, the toasted bread and plenty of chopped parsley.

Tip: Legend has it that Napoleon's cook made this dish after the Battle of Marengo from whatever was at hand - which is why prawns and toast belong to the original version.

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