Vegetables Braised Chicken with Artichoke Hearts
Ingredients
- 4 Chicken Leg Sections - thigh and drumstick - bone in
- 10 canned whole artichoke hearts - cut in half
- 2 cups cherry peppers
- 1 or 2 lemons - juiced (about 1/3 to 1/2 cup juice)
- 1 yellow onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 8 sprigs of thyme
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp hot pepper flakes
- 1 tbl olive oil
- 1 quart chicken stock or broth
- some white beans
Instructions
Step 1
Slice and dice the onion. peel and chop the garlic.
Step 2
Heat a dutch oven on high heat. Add 1 tbl olive oil.Brown the Chicken Legs in the dutch oven, 2 at a time.
Step 3
preheat oven to 375F.
Step 4
After the chicken legs are browned, Remove them and set aside.Put the diced onion into the same hot ducth oven. Add some salt and black pepper.
When the onion becomes soft and tender, add the chopped garlic, and 1 quart chicken stock or broth.
Step 5
Bring it to a simmer, and turn off the heat.Add 1/3 to 1/2 cup lemons juice,
8 sprigs of thyme,
the bronwed chicken legs,
10 canned whole artichoke hearts,
2 cups cherry peppers,
and 8 sprigs of thyme.
Put the dutch oven in the pre-heat oven, and roast for 1 hour at 375F.
Step 6
After that, remove the dutch pan from the oven. Take out the chicken legs,and add some white beans (optional) in the pot. Stir well.