COMFORT CHICKEN

COMFORT CHICKEN image

Categories Chicken

Yield 4 people

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

gallon size zip lock bag -- or -- a lunch bag
olive oil (at least a few oz)
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or one very large one)
Near East Long Grain & Wild Rice (can also use Chicken & vegetable blend)
Better Than Bullion Vegetable base
one onion
bag of baby carrots or a bunch or regular carrots
bunch of celery
white flour (comes in 5 lb paper sacks)
poultry seasoning (in the spice aisle -- comes in a little bottle)
Kitchen Bouquet (hard to say where they will put it -- near seasonings, soups, spices, or baking)

Steps:

1) start rice according to directions on box 2) Gravy: put 8 -10 oz water in a small saucepan -- stir in 3/4 teaspoon of Better Than Bullion Vegetable base & a heaping table spoon of white flour; use a kitchen whisk to blend -- do this before heating H2O; then turn heat on under pan to medium. Stir intermittently; when it begins to bubble, reduce heat to low (simmer) and continue to stir periodically to thicken gravy. 3) wash 3 or 4 celery stalks and 3 or 4 large carrots (or take out maybe a dozen to 16 baby carrots) and slice them all into thin slices (carrots 1/8"; celery: 1/4") 4) peel onion, slice and dice at least 1/2 of it (depending on size -- if smaller than a hardball, use all of it: 1/4 inch cubes) 5) put 4 tablespoons of flour and 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning into zip lock or paper bag, seal and shake to mix the 2 ingredients 6) cut chicken into 3/4 inch cubes (or smaller) and drop them into bag with flour/seasoning blend; seal bag again & shake/roll chicken @ until coated evenly 8) heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large frying pan to medium or medium high (when oil spreads and is loose like water it is hot) -- can test by tossing in one drop of water -- if it spits and pops, the oil is hot -- if it smokes it is too hot (remove pan to another burner until it cools down and reduce heat setting) 9) pour onion, celery and carrots onto hot oil, spread out evenly, and cover with lid. Open lid every 30 -60 seconds at an angle (so condensation pours back into pan) and stir vegetables. Cook them for @ 8 -10 minutes -- until carrots soften. Don't brown, or at most, lightly brown them. When vegetables are cooked, scrape them into a plate or bowl and set aside. 10) heat four tablespoons olive oil to medium high or high in same frying pan; when oil is hot, pour in coated chicken to evenly cover pan. Do not cover. Gently turn the chicken pieces (stir) often.