Braised Red Cabbage
December 27, 2021
From Time/Life series. 325º oven, 2 hours. (Best served next day)
Ingredients
Small 2 lb red cabbage finely cut/shredded
4 TB butter
1 TB salt
1/3 C water
1/3 C red vinegar
1/4 C red currant jelly (or lingon berry)
1 small apple minced
DIRECTIONS
Add butter, salt, sugar,water & vinegar to large stainless steel dutch oven/pot. Bring to a boil on stove.
Add shredded cabbage, cover, bring back to a boil.
Remove covered pot from stove, move to oven, braise 2 hours. ( In the last 10 minutes add jelly and minced apples.)
Indian Chicken & chickpeas
March 3, 2013
Braised in oven, one pot (dutch oven) cooking! The Week, 2013. Serves 6. 325º oven.
Brown 6 chicken legs, skins removed in batches, 1 TB vegetable oil until golden over med-hi heat.Transfer to a plate.
2 onions, sliced thin, 1TB unsalted butter. Soften onions until golden. Add spices, stir in & cook 1 min.
- 4 garlic cloves chopped
- 1½ Tb grated ginger
- 2 tsp coriander
- 2 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp turmeric
- ¼ tsp cayenne
Return chicken to pot, add 1 can (15oz) drained chickpeas, 2 cups or more chicken broth to cover 75% of the chicken. Bring to a boil.
Cover and bake in oven 45-55 minutes until fork tender. remove chicken from pot and cover to keep warm.
Add 5 oz baby spinach, cover 5-7 minutes until wilted.
Stir in ¼ Cup Greek yogurt. Transfer chicken to deep dish and pour spinach, chickpea sauce on top. Sprinkle with ¼ Cup cilantro leaves.
Lentils Braised
November 5, 2012
From Williams-Sonoma 2012, 8 svgs
Saute vegetables and Bacon in frying pan medium heat
- 3 oz diced bacon saute until fat rendered 4-6 min
- 1 TB olive oil
Add diced vegetables, saute until softened 6-8 min
- 1 onion diced
- 1 carrot diced
- 1 stalk celery diced
Add garlic, saute about 1 min
- 2 cloves garlic minced
Turn heat up to med hi, add wine, cook 3-4 min to reduce liquid
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 large fresh thyme sprigs
Add broth and lentils, bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer covered 35-40 minutes
- 3 Cups chicken broth
- 2 cups dry lentils, rinsed, drained
Remove bay leaf & thyme sprigs, serve with duck confit or chicken thighs.
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