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British Whiskey Chicken

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British Whiskey Chicken

Golden brown chicken with loads of mushrooms, leeks and spiked with a whiskey cream sauce.

 

Yield

6 servings

Prep

10 min

Cook

45 min

Ready

60 min

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
3 pound chicken pieces
2 1/2 to 3 pounds, or one cut-up chicken
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2 tablespoons butter
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1 cup whiskey
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3 cups mushrooms
sliced
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¼ cup leeks
sliced
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½ cup cream
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2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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1 tablespoon lemon juice
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2 teaspoons whiskey
*

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1.4 kg chicken pieces
2 1/2 to 3 pounds, or one cut-up chicken
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3E+1 ml butter
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237 ml whiskey
*
7.1E+2 ml mushrooms
sliced
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59 ml leeks
sliced
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118 ml cream
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3E+1 ml all-purpose flour
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15 ml lemon juice
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1E+1 ml whiskey
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Directions

  1. Rinse the pieces of chicken dry well with paper toweling. Season generously with salt and black pepper. In a hot skillet brown the chicken in butter, skin-side down, about 15 minutes. Turn to brown evenly. Remove excess fat once the skin has rendered if needed.

  2. Add whiskey to the skillet; cover and simmer until the chicken is tender, about 30 minutes; remove the chicken pieces to serving platter and keep warm.

  3. In the same skillet, deglaze, scraping up and brown bits with a splash of whiskey. Add the leeks and mushrooms; cook until softened, and most of the water from the mushrooms has evaporated. Add the flour, cook, stirring, one or two minutes, then add the cream and, simmer until the desired consistency is reached.

  4. Return the chicken pieces to re-heat, about two minutes, remove from heat, add the lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of whiskey.

Serve immediately with few grinds of black pepper.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 295g (10.4 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 63455% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 39g 59%
Saturated Fat 13g 67%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 223mg 74%
Sodium 224mg 9%
Total Carbohydrate 2g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1g 2%
Sugars g
Protein 128g
Vitamin A 14% Vitamin C 4%
Calcium 6% Iron 18%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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