Rioja Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon black pepper
    8 chicken thighs, skinned (about 3 pounds)
    5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
    1/2 cup pitted prune (about 3-1/4 ounces)
    1/4 cup pimento stuffed olive
    2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme or 2 tablespoons dried thyme
    1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon rind
    1 bay leaf
    1 cup orange juice
    1 cup rioja wine (you could use orange juice) or 1 cup dry red wine (you could use orange juice)
    2 tablespoons honey
    2 cups hot cooked wild rice or 2 cups hot cooked long-grain rice
    1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
Preparation
    Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish.
    Dredge chicken in flour mixture.
    Place garlic in bottom of an electric slower cooker.
    Arrange chicken over garlic; add prunes, olives, thyme, rind, and bay leaf.
    Combine orange juice, wine, and honey; pour over chicken.
    Cover with lid; cook on high heat for 1 hour.
    Reduce heat setting to low; cook 7 hours.
    Serve over rice.
    Sprinkle with parsley.

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