Enjoy this delicious braised chicken with a glass of the same cider used to cook it.
By Bryan Pickard
I love cooking with cider. It’s a little sweeter than wine and gives refreshing apple tones. Last summer I met John, the cider maker from Tideview Cider in Nova Scotia, who let me sample the apple and pear brews. The Heritage Dry is my favorite.
So here’s a recipe for a cider braised chicken. I’m fortunate to live near Pandora Farm, a small family farm which raises chickens in a very decent manner. And for the tomato sauce, I used some that we jarred this summer. Boy, is it going fast.
Enjoy this chicken with a glass of the same cider used to cook it.
PrintCider-Braised Chicken
- Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 whole chicken, cut in 8 pieces
- 2 cups cider
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 medium leek, sliced
- 4 tablespoons sunflower or grapeseed oil
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 bay leaf
- salt + ground black pepper
Instructions
- Dust the chicken in the flour.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet and sear the chicken pieces for a few minutes on each side until they are golden brown.
- Transfer the chicken to a medium-sized pot and deglaze the skillet with half of the cider (1 cup). Let it simmer for a minute then add it to the chicken with the rest of the cider, leek, tomato sauce and bay leaf.
- Simmer on low heat, half-covered for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Add the cream. If you want the sauce to be thicker, low-boil until the sauce reduces.
- Throw on some chopped parsley or chives.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 2 hours
I have a question; do you employ still Cider or Sparkling ? and Have you ever utilised Asturian Spanish Cider ? or Normandy, French Cider in this dish ?
My French native Mom, prepared a chicken and a porc dish using French Normandy Cider, and Calvados, that was delectable.
Buon Natale,
Joyeaux Noel
Feliz Navidad,
Happy Holidays, Margaux Cintrano.
I used sparkling, Nova Scotian cider.
Thanks. Happy New Year.
It says to us Tomamto sauce, is this ketchup or a different tomamto sauce ?
Canned crushed tomatoes will do.
Cheers!
I made this last night and it was really scrumptious! Thanks!