Ingredients:
3 lb chicken, 8 pieces
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup carrots, chopped
1/4 tsp thyme
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp tarragon
1 salt & pepper
1 all purpose flour
Instructions:
In a large, heavy skillet, melt butter and heat to the foaming stage.
DO NOT BROWN> Add onions, turn down the heat, while onions are
cooking, lightly dust the chicken with flour. Raise heat, then brown
chicken in butter with onions. Add carrots, water and then, cover
with a tight fitting lid.Cook on lowest heat possible for 1 1/2
hours. Leave lid on and shake pan occasionally to keep from sticking
I have some that are guaranteed non stick)You will know about your
own pans. DO NOT PEEK. Add tarragon, salt and pepper fifteen minutes
before serving. Do not use DRIED TARRAGON.
Servings: 4
Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting
Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.
Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.
"Poultry is for cookery what canvas is for painting, and the cap of Fortunatus for the charlatans. It is served to us boiled, roast, hot or cold, whole or in portions, with or without sauce, and always with equal success." Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
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