Recipe - Chicken With Lemon

Stephen Ceideburg
3 pound Chicken
1 tablespoon Butter
1 Onion, finely chopped
1 Clove garlic, finely chopped
2 Carrots, finely chopped
2 Stalks celery, finely
chopped
Grated rind and juice of 1
lemon
One fourth cup Vermouth
One fourth cup Chicken broth
One half teaspoon Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon Cornstarch dissolved in 2
Tb. cold water
2 tablespoon Finely chopped parsley

A delicately flavored chicken served with rice.

Soak the pot in cold water for 10 minutes. Place the butter inside the
cavity of the chicken. Truss the chicken. Place the onion, garlic, carrots
and celery in the pot. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables, breast
side up. Add the grated lemon rind and juice, vermouth, chicken broth, salt
and pepper. Cover the pot and place in a cold oven. Heat the oven to 450
degrees F. and bake for 1 One half hours. Pour the pan juices into a small
sauce pan. Bring to boiling point and stir in the cornstarch dissolved in
cold water. Stir with a wire whisk until thickened into a sauce. Cut the
chicken into serving pieces. Arrange chicken on a bed of rice. Cover with
the sauce and garnish with parsley.

From "Cooking in Clay" by Irena Chalmers, Potpourri Press, Greensboro N.C.,
1974.

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