Basque Chicken- the Hungarian Way

A community recipe by stana

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Introduction

This is a recipe I found in a Hungarian cook book with 100 recipes on how to prepare poultry. Delicious, I've made it number of times, ideal for the guests you don't know when will arrive

Ingredients

Serves: 3-4 persons, depending on the

Metric Cups

4 chicken thighs
1 tin chopped tomatoes
100 grams smokey bacon (or pancetta)
5 cloves garlic

4 chicken thighs
1 tin diced tomatoes
3½ ounces smokey bacon (or pancetta)
5 cloves garlic

Method

Basque Chicken- the Hungarian Way is a community recipe submitted by stana and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Season the thighs with S 'n' P. You can remove the skin, so it won't be too greasy

In an heat proof casserole (I have a teracotta one, but it looks better in a glass one) put the slices of bacon, thighs, pore the tomatoes over and put the garlic cloves between the meat.

Cover with aluminium foil and bake in the oven for cca 45min at 200 dgr. When it's almost done, remove the foil to loose the extra liquid.

Serve with boiled rice (even the leftover from Chinese take-away).

Season the thighs with S 'n' P. You can remove the skin, so it won't be too greasy

In an heat proof casserole (I have a teracotta one, but it looks better in a glass one) put the slices of bacon, thighs, pore the tomatoes over and put the garlic cloves between the meat.

Cover with aluminium foil and bake in the oven for cca 45min at 200 dgr. When it's almost done, remove the foil to loose the extra liquid.

Serve with boiled rice (even the leftover from Chinese take-away).

Additional Information

You can also add some tomato paste, or tomato juice, works just as well. Add some sugar to your liking, if you prefer the tomato not to taste sour. It's practically no work and is really delicious, its' simplicity a side.