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Chicken Casserole

Read in Maltese
Serves 4
Prep Time 30 mins
Cooking 100 mins
Level low

Ingredients

  • 1 /4Kg Whole Chicken
  • 400g Mayor Polpa (tomato pulp)
  • 400g Mayor Diced Onions
  • 300g Mayor Sliced Mushrooms, chopped
  • 25g Three Hills Kunserva (tomato paste)
  • 3 Glasses Red Wine
  • 2 Glasses Water
  • 1 Chopped Green Pepper
  • Chopped Fresh Parsley
  • 2 tsp Mixed herbs
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • Flour
  • Olive Oil
  • salt and pepper

Remove all visible fat on the chicken and divied it into around 8 pieces. Season it with some salt and pepper and after flour. Switch the oven to 1800C, gas number 4. Heat some oil in a large pan and cook the chicken. The chicken will not be fully cooked. When done, place in a casserole dish. In the same pan, cook the onions and mushrooms. Add the pepper and mix well. Add the Kunserva, the polpa, the bay leaf and the mixed herbs. Mix well. Add the wine and water, bring to a boil and then simmer on low flame for around 10 minutes. Add the tomato sauce on the chicken pieces, in the casserole dishe and cook in oven for around 1 hour and a half. Serve with some fresh parsley and some black olives.

Recipe by Anton B. Dougall

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