Braised Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and Thyme

Name: Braised Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and Thyme
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 6 mediums button mushrooms, sliced; 411 grams can diced tomatoes, undrained; 237 milliliters medium carrots, chopped; 237 milliliters medium stalks celery, chopped; 1 kilograms cut-up broiler-fryer chicken; 118 milliliters dry white wine or chicken broth; 237 milliliters chicken broth; 2 dried bay leaves; 14 grams dried porcini mushrooms; 5 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley; 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 473 milliliters large onions, chopped; 0 teaspoons freshly ground pepper; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 fresh thyme sprigs or 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves; 237 milliliters boiling water

Braised Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and Thyme is a gluten free and primal main course. This recipe makes 4 servings with 899 calories, 68g of protein, and 58g of fat each. This recipe covers 44% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up chicken broth, carrots, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position.

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Oven

Heat oven to 300F.

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Oven

In small bowl, pour boiling water over dried mushrooms.

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Dried Mushrooms

Water

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Bowl

Let stand 30 minutes to allow mushrooms to rehydrate (if mushrooms float to surface, place small saucer in bowl to keep them submerged). Use slotted spoon to remove rehydrated mushrooms from water; set aside. Reserve mushroom water.

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Mushrooms

Water

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Slotted Spoon

Bowl

In 4- or 5-quart ovenproof Dutch oven, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat until butter is melted.

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Butter

Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

Add half of the chicken pieces and cook 6 minutes, turning occasionally, until chicken is deep golden brown (you are not cooking the chicken, just giving it color).

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Chicken Pieces

Whole Chicken

Remove chicken from Dutch oven and place on plate. Repeat with remaining chicken.

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Whole Chicken

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Dutch Oven

Reduce heat to medium and add onions and garlic. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soft.

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Garlic

Onion

Add rehydrated and sliced button mushrooms, carrots, celery, bay leaves, thyme and 3 tablespoons of the parsley. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened and mushrooms give up their juices.

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White Button Mushrooms