"Bob" > wrote in message
...
> Michael wrote:
>
> > I need a good chicken stew recipe
>
> Cut up a chicken. Sprinkle it with salt and sugar and let it sit in the
> refrigerator for an hour. Rinse chicken.
>
> Heat canola oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add a layer of chicken
> pieces, skin-side down. Grind black pepper over the top. Cook 4 minutes,
> turn chicken, and cook another 4 minutes. Remove chicken pieces to a bowl.
> Repeat browning with remaining chicken pieces.
>
> When all chicken pieces are browned, add chopped onion, celery, and
carrots.
> Lower heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
Remove
> the chicken meat from the bones. Remove the vegetables from the pot and
put
> them in a bowl with the chicken meat.
>
> Increase heat to medium-high, and make sure there's still a bit of oil in
> the pan. (If necessary, add a tablespoon of oil.) Sprinkle two
tablespoons
> of flour into the pan and whisk vigorously until the flour starts to
brown.
> Slowly add a cup of chicken stock and a quarter-cup of sherry, whisking
> continuously to dissolve the lumps that will form. Scrape the bottom of
the
> pot to remove the browned bits.
>
> When the pot has been thoroughly scraped and no lumps remain, slowly add
> another three cups chicken stock. Return the chicken and vegetables to the
> pot; cook another fifteen minutes or so to marry the flavors and finish
> cooking the chicken. Remove from the heat and stir in a half-cup of
cream.
>
> Serve immediately with noodles or potatoes.
>
> Bob
>
>

Now that one sounds wonderful, Bob! Thanks for the idea.

kili