Vinegar Braised Chicken

Simon Rimmer

Ingredients

  • 450g bay onions (frozen is fine)
  • 250g large pancetta lardons
  • 4 cloves garlic, sliced
  • 1.5 kg chicken thighs, skin on, deboned
  • 100ml red wine vinegar
  • 100ml balsamic vinegar
  • 250ml chicken stock
  • 50g raisins
  • 1 bay leaf
  • chopped parsley

Serve with new potatoes and green beans.

Method

  1. Brown the chicken and remove.
  2. Fry the pancetta until crispy.
  3. Add the onions, cook for 4 minutes.
  4. Remove.
  5. Add the vinegars, turn up the heat, scrape well to get the juicy meaty bits from the bottom of the pan.
  6. Put everything in the pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer partially covered for 40 minutes
  7. Serve with potatoes and green beans.

Cooked whole potatoes: Cooked completely. Slice 0.75cm thick. In frying pan with a little oil to brown well. Don’t move them! Add loads of butter and brown further without moving them.