Provence chicken is very tasty, seasoned with garlic and parsley. It must go with Spanish potatoes, served tender, very fine and fried.
for 4 portions
n/a | SALT AND PEPPER |
1 unit | GARLIC |
2 spoonfuls | SMOKED PAPRIKA |
1 unit | CHICKEN |
8 cloves | GARLIC |
4 spoonfuls | CHOPPED PARSLEY |
200 cc. | WHITE WINE |
500 cc. | CHICKEN BROTH |
1 kg. | POTATOES |
n/a | OLIVE OIL |
Cut chicken in pieces, separating legs, thighs, breast and wings. Put salt and pepper. Brown pieces well in a fry pan with olive oil. Remove pieces and in the same pan add chopped parsley and deglaze with white wine. Add the chicken broth and go adding pieces and half parsley. Cook at medium heat till it is done. Add the other half of parsley, salt and pepper
** Sweetened potatoes with smoked paprika**
Cut potatoes in slices de ½ cm. thick. Cut with a circular cutter 5 cm. diameter to get potatoes of the same size. Heat oil with the paprika till reaching 100°C. Sieve. Place potatoes in a long dish and cover with the paprika oil. Sweeten the potatoes in oven at 100°C. till they tender.
Roasted garlic purée
Wrap the garlic bulb with aluminum paper and cook at low heat till garlic is very tender. Press garlic till getting a purée.
Presentation
Place sweetened potatoes in the center of the plate, and on top of them place the chicken piece. Make some points with the roasted garlic purée to decorate.
In these lands a preparation called “a la Provenzal” is known which is a mix of chopped garlic and parsley. However the recipe varied because, actually it comes from the French region of Provence and from its enriched mixture of herbs.
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