Clay Pot Chicken with Dates, Sucuk and Bulgur

Name: Clay Pot Chicken with Dates, Sucuk and Bulgur
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 servings freshly ground black pepper; 57 grams bulgur, washed; 355 milliliters chicken stock; 907 grams chickens; 2 long green chiles, seeded and diced; 1 stick cinnamon; 1 clove garlic, sliced; 1 level teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 4 medjool dates, seeded and cut into quarters; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 long green peppers, seeded and cut into rings; 2 long red peppers, seeded and cut into rings; 2 red onions, cut into thick rings; 2 servings sea salt; 1 Tbsp generous sherry; 2 star anise; 3 sprigs few thyme; 57 grams unsalted butter; 2 larges vine-ripened tomatoes, skinned, seeded and diced; 57 grams sucuk, sliced

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Clay Pot Chicken with Dates, Sucuk and Bulgur a try. This recipe covers 59% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains around 99g of protein, 109g of fat, and a total of 1755 calories. A mixture of sucuk, generous sherry, long peppers, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the unsalted butter you could follow this main course with the Almond Milk Chocolate Pudding as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400F.

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Oven

Heat the butter and extra-virgin olive oil in a heavy-based casserole dish. Gently sweat the onions, garlic, peppers and chiles with the cumin and cinnamon for about 5 minutes, or until the vegetables soften.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Vegetable

Cinnamon

Peppers

Butter

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Onion

Cumin

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Casserole Dish

Add the sherry, tomatoes, bulgur, chicken stock, cinnamon, star anise and thyme and bring to the boil. Lower the heat, then cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes.

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Chicken Stock

Star Anise

Cinnamon

Tomato

Bulgur

Sherry

Thyme

Meanwhile, cut the chickens into quarters and season lightly with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken

In another heavy-based frying pan, heat the olive oil over a medium heat and brown the meat lightly all over.

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Olive Oil

Meat

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Add the sucuk and fry until golden brown on both sides.

Transfer the poussins and sucuk to the casserole dish and tuck in the dates. Cover the pan and cook in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning and serve immediately.

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Seasoning

Dates

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Casserole Dish

Oven

Frying Pan

From Turquoise: A Chef's Travels in Turkey by Greg and Lucy Malouf. Text Greg and Lucy Malouf; food photography William Meppem. Published by Chronicle Books LLC.

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Whole Turkey