Jude’s Chicken Italienne Recipe

 

Recipe by: Matt Preston

Serves: Serves 4

Ingredients

  2 tablespoons plain flour
  1.5 kg chicken drumsticks
  3 tablespoons olive oil
  2 onions, chopped
  2 garlic cloves, crushed
  1 large can tomato soup
  125 ml dry sherry
  ½ cup flat leaf parsley plus more for garnish
  salt and pepper, to taste
  cooked, buttered risoni or orzo pasta for serving 

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Place flour in a bowl, add drumsticks and toss to coat.
3. Place 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large frypan and set over high heat. Add the drumsticks and cook, turning, until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a casserole dish and set aside, keeping warm.
4. Add the onion and garlic to the frypan and cook until translucent. Add tomato soup, sherry, parsley and remaining tablespoon oil and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to the casserole dish with the drumsticks and place in the oven to cook for about 1 hour.
5. Serve drumsticks with buttered risoni or orzo pasta, garnish with parsley and season with salt and pepper.

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