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This dish is a guaranteed family favourite! It is made with only a few simple and healthy ingredients and takes less than an hour to make. It is absolutely delicious and one of our favourite comfort foods. We grew up on this dish and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. This dish is usually served with rice but feel free to substitute the rice for pasta if you prefer.
- Chicken legs and thighs (about 8 pieces altogether)
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic finely minced
- 3-4 tomatoes chopped (or 1 cup of tomato sauce)
- 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil
- ½ glass of wine (Eva’s uses white wine in this recipe but you could also use red wine)
- Salt and pepper
- 1 cup of rice
Before you begin to prepare the dish, wash the chicken thoroughly; remove the skin and season with salt and pepper. Allow to stand for about an hour. In a large pot over medium-high heat, add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and place the chicken in the pot and cover with the lid. Cook the chicken for a few minutes, turning the chicken over a couple of times. Add the wine, garlic, onion, and 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Cover with the lid and allow the chicken to simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add the tomatoes to the chicken, and turn the heat to low. Allow the chicken to simmer with the lid on for 45 minutes.
In the meantime prepare the rice. Use 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice and be sure to wash the rice thoroughly. Bring the water to a boil, add the rice, some salt, a dash of olive oil and cover with a lid. Lower the heat and allow the rice to cook for about 15-20 minutes.
To serve, place one cup of rice on the plate and add a couple of pieces of chicken. Pour a large spoonful of the sauce over the rice and chicken and serve with your favourite side dish.
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Looks good! It looks like a perfect weeknight dinner, especially with the wine :)
Thank you Eva.. I recently got married and find myself (at times) lost in the kitchen. This looks amazing, I’ll definitely try it soon.
Thanks for visiting my blog. I see lots of delicious Greek and other recipes in your blog and I am always very happy to meet other bloggers connected with Greece. I have added you to my blogroll and have subscribed to your posts, so I will be visiting you often. Your kokkinisto sounds delicious.
I posted a recipe in my link for a chicken recipe
this is a new recipe I recently found
I made it for a family dinner
the entire family enjoyed it very much
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We were sitting in a small village in Denmark, at loss of a good recipe, when one of my sons said “greek food, Mom – it’s always great, remember the local shawarma guy and his greek hamburger with red vegetable sauce”? Yum, said we, and started looking. We ended our search on your homepage and now wer’re all set – we watched your video and now my two sons and I (ages 10, 14 and 44) are headed for the kitchen to cook! That looked great and we’re hoping to create a family special here – thanks alot for taking the trouble to publish the video – it helped in conceptualising the idea to everyone!
Best greeting, the Woollhead family, Idestrup, Denmark!