Gypsy Chicken Recipes

GYPSY CHICKEN (IN CAST-IRON SKILLET)

Steps:

• Roast peppers: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius/ 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Half and deseed the peppers. Place them on a tray lined with baking paper and roast them in the oven for about 20-30 minutes until the skin blackens. Remove from the oven and carefully transfer the peppers to a freezer bag. That will make the peeling easier. Leave them there until they are cool enough to handle.In the meantime, start cooking the chicken. Alternatively, you can grill the whole peppers and the chicken parts on the grill.
• Divide the chicken into parts: chicken thighs, chicken drumsticks, and the breasts. Use the rests (wings, backbone, neck, and various scraps) to make chicken stock.
• Season: Generously sprinkle the chicken parts on both sides with salt, pepper, and sweet paprika powder.
• Cook: Heat the skillet. Add the chicken parts, skin side down, and let cook, unmoved, on medium heat for 10 minutes.
• Flip: Carefully flip the chicken pieces and turn the heat down to medium-low. Continue cooking for about 20-30 minutes. Check if the chicken is cooked through by piercing it at its thickest part. The juices should run clear. If the juices are still pink, continue cooking and recheck every 5 minutes (Note 4).
• Prepare sauce: While the chicken is cooking, peel the roasted peppers and slice them into thin slices. Finely grate or press the garlic cloves. Place the garlic into a bowl, add some salt and pepper. Stir very well. Add 250 ml/ 1 cup cold water and stir. Add the pepper slices and stir.
• Finish: When the chicken is cooked through, pour the garlic pepper sauce into the skillet. Sprinkle with the chopped parsley and serve with white bread or polenta.

GYPSY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pour 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in the pan and cook the chicken until the juice runs clear.
• Remove from pan, let cool slightly in a bowl.
• Saute the green peppers, onion, and garlic in the other 2 Tablespoon of olive oil until vegetables are tender but dont over cook them.
• Add thyme, bay leaf, gumbo file, hot pepper sauce, and Worcestershire, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook 15 minutes.
• Add chicken and cook another 10 minutes.
• Lastly, add olives and heat through. Serve over rice.

GYPSY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 150C Place celery, onion, lemon, garlic in baking dish.
• (flat side down where appropriate) Cut chicken thighs in half or thirds depending on size.
• Place on top of celery and etc.
• Drizzle with olive oil, and pour liquids over.
• Add chopped oregano.
• Season well with cracked pepper and salt.
• Cover dish with foil, being sure to seal well and bake in oven for 1 hour.
• Add green olives and squeeze the lemon juice into the baking juices.
• Turn chicken.
• Cook for a further hour at 250C, removing the foil half way through.
• Remove when chicken is done and onions are soft and slightly golden.
• Toast slices of bread until golden.
• Squeeze roasted garlic out of paper and spread one clove on each crouton.
• Mash up other cloves in the juice.
• Serve the chicken, onion and olives with some of the pan juices poured over.
• Serve with the croutons and some freshly ground pepper.

GYPSY CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Note: Never boil this stew, boiling will ruin it because of the sherry will cook out but on the other hand if it's not cooked enough, it will be bitter.
• Put chicken, onions, garlic, half the sherry, and the both into a large, heavy soup or Dutch oven. If the liquid isn't enough to cover the other ingredients, add more broth or water. Cover the pot and simmer slowly for 1-1 ½ hours or until chicken is cooked.
• Cut chiles into chunks. Using 2 forks, tear tomatoes apart and place in large bowl with chiles and their juices, to mingle together while chicken is cooking.
• Remove cooked chicken and let cool enough so you can pick meat off bones. Add chiles, tomatoes, remaining sherry, salt, and chicken to the soup. Cover and simmer slowly for about an hour.
• Cut chunks of cheese into cubes and place in bottom of individual serving bowls. Pour stew into each bowl; the heat will melt the cheese. Serve with Flour Tortillas and a side dish of guacamole or beans.