A Taste of Canada ~ Gibelotte

Gibelotte sounds so gourmet.  And I guess it is.  The English translation is meat cooked in wine.  This means I have made gibelotte, many times and many versions.  I love cooking meat in wine .  . . reds for beef and whites for pork and chicken.  

Here's a link to one of my favourite recipes . . . https://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.com/2019/01/peppery-tuscan-beef-stew-peposo.html

I found this recipe online and it sounds so good and so French . . . butter and wine . . . who can ask for anything more?

Stewed Chicken or Rabbit

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Chicken Meat (1)   Mushrooms Parsley sprigs Thyme sprigs Bay Leaf Onions, tiny (2) Bacon Butter Flour White Wine Stock (3) Garlic Salt Pepper Dijon Mustard -- Garnish Parsley, chopped

Prep   -   (20 min) Cut CHICKEN into large bite-size pieces. If using bone-in, cut into larger pieces. Clean MUSHROOMS and trim stems. Leave whole if small, cut in half if medium and into quarters if large. Tie Parsley, Thyme and Bay Leaf together with kitchen string (so they'll be easier to remove later). Bring plenty of water to a high boil and stir in the ONIONS for 1 minute only, then chill them in cold water. Cut off just enough of the stem end so you can peel the outer skin. Cut off the minimum from the root end so the onions hold together well. Run   -   (1-1/2 hrs) Cut BACON into small pieces and fry it slowly in Butter until the fat is translucent. Stir in the Onions and fry over moderate heat, tumbling often until bacon is browned and all its fat is mostly rendered. Remove Onions and Bacon, leaving all the fat. Fry Chicken in small batches until until lightly browned all over, being careful not to burn the fond that forms in the pan. Return any drained fat to the pan. Return all Chicken to the pan and sprinkle with Flour. Fry over moderate heat, tumbling now and then until flour is straw colored. Add White Wine and Stock. Crush GARLIC and add to the pan. Bring to a boil and add Herbs and Pepper. Taste for Salt (it will depend on how salty your bacon is). Cover tightly and simmer slowly for about 15 minutes. Add Onions and Bacon to the pan, plus up to 1/2 cup Stock if needed. Bring back to a simmer and simmer slowly for another 15 minutes. Add Mushrooms to the pan and simmer covered for another 10 minutes or until the chicken is tender. Stir in Mustard. Serve hot garnished with Parsley.

NOTES:

1. Chicken:

      This should be dark meat chicken, and weight is for skinless, boneless meat. I usually use thigh / leg meat, but if you aren't up to dismantling thighs you can use 3-3/4 pounds of whole bone-in thighs cut into pieces - or the packaged boneless leg meat that has recently appeared on the market (because the Russians are no longer taking our surplus legs). The pattern recipe called for two 2-pound rabbits cut into 6 pieces each. For details see our our Rabbit and Chicken pages.

2. Onions:

      Pick out the smallest boiling onions you can find in the onion bin - about 1 inch diameter is good. Those in the photo were a little larger than I like, but they were what I could get that day.

3. Stock:

      The pattern recipe calls for veal or chicken stock, but rabbit or pork stock would work fine too.

4. Do-Ahead:

      This recipe can be made ahead all the way to adding the mustard. Refrigerated it can be held up to three days, then just reheat, stir in the mustard and serve.
5. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch, ar=as required tt=to taste

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