Sunday, March 13, 2011

January 19 Meal: Chicken and Dumplings

Negroni Chicken with Braised Blood Oranges
This is a great way to make chicken a bit more interesting.  The chicken starts in a brine of water, salt, and sugar.  Then it is transferred to a marinade of ground cloves, garlic, sweet vermouth, fresh thyme, cinnamon, orange peel , crushed red pepper, and olive oil.  The chicken is baked and topped with a sauce of onions, juniper berries, chicken broth, red wine vinegar, and fresh marjoram.  The extra-tasty part is the braised orange.  Thinly-sliced blood oranges are cooked with rosemary, butter, and chicken broth until they are very soft. 

Yumminess: 9 out of 10

Mixed-Greens and Sausage Soup with Cornmeal Dumplings
This is a nice spicy soup.  Shaun approves because there is meat and dumplings.  It is a tomato-based soup with lots of ingredients.  The highlights are andouille sausage, hot pepper sauce, allspice, and turnip greens.  The soup cooks for a bit and then the dumpling batter goes in.  These dumplings are made from cornmeal and accented with green onions.

Yumminess: 8 out of 10

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