Aromatic chicken stew - Aromatisk kycklinggryta (retro)

AROMATIC CHICKEN STEW
Aromatisk kycklinggryta

Chicken is still rather cheap and often on sale, and the variations of the chicken theme are endless. Here’s a really good stew with spices and vegetables, a dish that Mum often made when I was a child. It’s a real 70s retro dish and I love the food of the 70s, being the retrospective romantic that I am … also when it comes to food.

4 servings

1 large chicken

1 chopped onion
lemon
salt, white pepper
½ to 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
lightly smoked pork, sliced
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 tomatoes
3/4 cup bouillon
1 can corn, approx 12 oz
4 oz frozen peas

Cut the chicken in 6 to 8 pieces or buy chicken parts from the beginning. Rub the chicken with lemon, salt and pepper and sprinkle with tarragon, a lovely spice with chicken. Brown the chicken in a pot until nicely golden brown.

Sautée the shredded pork with the chopped onion and blend this into the chicken in the pot. Add the peeled tomatoes, dilute with bouillon and let simmer, covered, on low heat for about 20 minutes. Gently add corn and peas towards the end of the cooking time. Flavour to taste with more spices if need be.

Serve the fragrant, lovely stew piping hot with potatos or rice and a salad.

Enjoy!

Bella