Chicken in the Pot (Dorie Greenspan)

"Published in the Wall Street Journal on Dec. 4, 2010 - http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704584804575645042857457282"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 40mins
Ingredients:
18
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Center a rack in the oven and preheat to 450 degrees.
  • Using a paring knife, slice the peel from the preserved lemon and cut it into small squares. Discard the pulp.
  • Bring the water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, drop in the peel, and cook for 1 minute. Drain and set aside.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the vegetables and garlic, season with salt and pepper and sauté until vegetables are brown on all sides. (If necessary, do this in 2 batches.) Spoon vegetables into a 4½- to 5-quart Dutch oven or other pot with a lid and stir in the herbs and the preserved lemon.
  • Return the skillet to the heat and add another tablespoon of olive oil. Brown the chicken on all sides, seasoning it with salt and pepper as it cooks.
  • Tuck chicken into the casserole, surrounding it with the vegetables.
  • Mix together the broth, wine, and the remaining olive oil and pour over the chicken and vegetables.
  • Put 1½ cups flour in a medium bowl and add enough hot water to make a malleable dough. Dust a work surface with a little flour, turn out the dough, and, working with your hands, roll the dough into a sausage.
  • Place the dough on the rim of the pot — if it breaks, just piece it back together — and press the lid onto the dough to seal the pot.
  • Slide the pot into the oven and bake for 55 minutes.
  • Now you have a choice — you can break the seal in the kitchen or do it at the table, where it's bound to make a mess, but where everyone will have the pleasure of sharing that first fragrant whiff as you lift the lid with a flourish. Whether at the table or in the kitchen, the best tool to break the seal is the least attractive: a screwdriver. Use the point of the screwdriver as a lever to separate the lid from the dough.
  • Depending on whether your chicken was whole or cut up, you might have to do some in-the-kitchen carving, but in the end, you want to make sure that the vegetables and the delicious broth are on the table with the chicken.

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