Recipe - Lemon And Garlic Chicken With Spring Market Vegetables

1 Whole young chicken, about 3
One fourth to 3 One half pounds
2 teaspoon Sea salt
2 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoon Olive oil
1 lg Vidalia onion, minced
3 Cloves garlic, finely
chopped
2 lg Lemons, juice and zest
reserved
One half cup Dry white wine
One half cup Hot chicken stock, (up to 1)
One half pound Baby carrots with green tops
attached
One half pound Pencil asparagus
5 tablespoon Butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Fresh thyme leaves

Cut the chicken into 1/8ths, separating the wings, legs, thighs, and
breasts, and season the chicken parts with salt and pepper.

Heat the olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat. Add the chicken, skin
side down, and brown well before turning to brown the meat side. When the
chicken is well browned, add the onions, and cook until golden brown. Add
the garlic and cook for 1 minute, add lemon juice and white wine, bring
quickly to a boil, reduce heat to a low simmer, cover the pan with a tight
fitting lid and cook for 5 to 8 minutes. Add 1 cup of chicken stock and
continue to cook, covered, for an additional 15 minutes, or until the
chicken is completely cooked. Add additional chicken stock if the pan dries
out too quickly.

While the chicken is cooking, peel the carrots and place them in a saucepan
with One fourth cup water and a tablespoon butter. Season with salt and pepper and
cook the carrots for 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat and set aside. Wash
the asparagus and cut off any woody stem attached. Put the asparagus into a
pot with One fourth cup water and a tablespoon butter and salt and pepper. Cook
over low heat for 2 minutes and set aside.

When the chicken is fully cooked, remove from the saute pan and place on a
platter. Carefully ladle off any grease that has accumulated on the surface
of the stock and swirl in the remaining 3 tablespoons butter to give a
smooth silky finish.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8865 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #591 by
Angele Freeman jfreeman@netusa1.net on Apr 29, 1997