CHICKEN WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE & POLENTA

CHICKEN WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE & POLENTA image

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 4lb. roaster cut up
1 1/2 lbs thin Italian sweet sausage
3 large spanish onion cut in half and 1/2" slices
1 28oz. can crushed tomatos
1 4" sprig fresh rosemary
2 4" sprigs fresh sage salt and pepper to taste
3 Tablespoons olive oil
Corn Meal (Coarse grind)1 cup to 3 cups of cold water
salt

Steps:

Brown sausage and set aside cut into 3" lengths. Brown chicken and discard the fat Add olive oil to heavy duty pan with lid and when hot place your sliced onions in pan. DO NOT BROWN You want to sweat the onions. When the onions have collapsed add your chicken and sausage, rosemary and sage. Add your crushed tomatos and mix your ingredients. Cover and bring temperature up. Cover and reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Polenta 3 cups of cold water add salt to taste slowly add cornmeal and stir constantly. Cook at first on medium heat until the cornmeal is all in the water. Reduce the heat to a simmer and stir constantly for 45 minutes. Then serve the polenta and place the chicken the gravy and the sausage on top. You may also use instant Polenta which takes 10 minutes to make.