Moorish Chicken (15th Century Portugal)

"Posted to the SCA_recipes LiveJournal community. This is a Portuguese reinvention of a Moorish dish; a real Muslim dish would not have bacon. "Cut up a fat hen and cook on a mild flame, with 2 spoons of fat, some bacon slices, lots of coriander, a pinch of parsley, some mint leaves, salt and a large onion. Cover and let it get golden brown, stirring once in a while. Then cover hen with water and let boil, and season with salt, vinegar, cloves, saffron, black pepper and ginger. When chicken is cooked, pour in 4 beaten yolks. Then take a deep dish, lined with slices of bread, and pour chicken on top.""
 
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Ready In:
1hr 40mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
5
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directions

  • Separate chicken into 10 pieces (thighs, legs, wings, cut breasts in half).
  • Slice onion. Wash and coarsely chop parsley, mint, and coriander.
  • Heat oil or melt fat over medium heat. When shimmering, fry bacon a couple of minutes. Add chicken, onion, herbs, and salt and fry, uncovered, about 10 minutes. Cover and cook covered another 20 minutes.
  • Add water, vinegar, cloves, saffron, pepper, and ginger. Bring to a boil and cook 45 minutes.
  • Toast bread, and arrange toast in individual serving bowls.
  • Lightly beat egg yolks, then stir them into the broth and remove pot from heat. Pour into bowl with toasts.

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I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013. After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!
 
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