This weekend we’re hosting an old neighbor we haven’t seen for ten years. It’ll be a treat to get together and catch up on things. He’s here for a wedding so has a couple of hours before heading home.
I don’t want to be running from grill to stove to oven preparing things so have to come up with the perfect one-dish meal.
You may have the recipe from me already but I’m writing so have to keep on going.
Lazy Chicken
Four chicken breasts in an oven proof baking dish, seasoned with salt, pepper and thyme. Add an onion cut into eighths, a bunch of carrots, sliced potatoes, a bit of white wine and some chicken broth, butter the top and toss it into a 450 degree oven for an hour. Push up the veggies (put in a tight pan) and brown everything, it’s delicious.
Oh, of course season the entire thing with salt, pepper and thyme. Baste every twenty minutes. It guarantees no running around the kitchen as it will be in the oven when your guests arrive and all you have to do is open a nice bottle of wine.
Aye, there’s the rub. I’ll have to get the wine tomorrow as the wine cellar is closed most of the weekend. No, I’m not a snob, it’s just that two weeks ago my father gave me some nice expensive wine and I couldn’t store it in the closet!
Lazy chicken is perhaps a Romanian dish that allowed housewives to place everything in a pot over the fire or pan in a hot oven and cook it together. My brother never called it “lazy” as more than five elements were involved.
Perhaps when we open a bottle of this special wine we can toast all good friends over the years. And family, of course. Cheers! Dee
Cooking with Dee 