Chicken Fricassée with Figs and Port Sauce

Name: Chicken Fricassée with Figs and Port Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 bay leaves, divided; 4 Tbsps (1/2 stick) butter, divided; 177 milliliters celery stalk, chopped (about; 2 kilograms chicken, cut into 2 legs, 2 thighs, and 2 breasts with wings attached; 12 ripe black Mission figs; 3 garlic cloves, chopped; 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 473 milliliters (or more) low-salt chicken broth; 3 plum tomatoes, seeded, chopped; 296 milliliters ruby Port; 340 grams 18 slices Serrano ham or prosciutto (about; 237 milliliters chopped shallots

Chicken Fricassée with Figs and Port Sauce is a gluten free and primal main course. One serving contains 1403 calories, 106g of protein, and 82g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of low-salt chicken broth, garlic cloves, chicken, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the port you could follow this main course with the Port Cobbler as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place figs, Port, and 1 bay leaf in medium bowl. Cover and let figs marinate at room temperature overnight.

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Bay Leaves

Figs

Port

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Bowl

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Wrap 3 pieces ham around each piece of chicken, securing with metal lacing pins or toothpicks. Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large pot.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Butter

Wrap

Ham

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Toothpicks

Pot

Add chicken and cook until browned on all sides, about 6 minutes total.

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Whole Chicken

Transfer to plate.

Add shallots and garlic to pot. Sauté until beginning to brown, about 3 minutes.

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Shallot

Garlic

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Pot

Add 2 bay leaves, tomatoes, celery, and coriander; sauté 5 minutes.

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Bay Leaves

Coriander

Tomato

Celery

Add 1/4 cup Port from fig marinade. Return chicken to pot.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Port

Figs

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Pot

Add 2 cups chicken broth. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, adding more broth if too dry and turning chicken occasionally, about 35 minutes.

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Broth