Chicken legs with sauce
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1 hours 30 min.
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This recipe is taken from French cuisine, so it suggests that the dish will be very tasty and will belong to the high cuisine. I will share with you a recipe for making chicken legs with sauce. This dish is especially popular in Normandy, one of the regions of France, which is famous for its apple harvest and apple cider. Chicken legs must first be fried until golden brown, and then stewed with apples and onions. The sauce is prepared from the resulting juice with the addition of cream and alcohol.
Purpose: Dinner recipes
Recipes by ingredients:
# Poultry /
# Fruit /
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Required ingredients::
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Butter4 tablespoons
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Apples2 pcs
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Flouron demand
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Chicken legs4 pcs
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Saltto taste
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Onions1 pc
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Apple cider475 milliliters
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Cognac120 milliliters
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Dried thyme1 teaspoon
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Cream0.5 glasses
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How to make
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![Rinse and dry the meat, then rub it with salt and leave for 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the apples into slices. Heat the pan with 2 tab...]()
1. Rinse and dry the meat, then rub it with salt and leave for 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the apples into slices. Heat the pan with 2 tablespoons of butter, put the apples in one layer and fry until golden brown. Transfer the apples to a plate. -
![Sprinkle the chicken with flour, return the pan to the fire and add the remaining butter, put the meat on a heated surface.]()
2. Sprinkle the chicken with flour, return the pan to the fire and add the remaining butter, put the meat on a heated surface. -
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![Fry the meat on both sides until golden brown, on one side it will take about 3-5 minutes. Transfer the meat to a separate plate.]()
3. Fry the meat on both sides until golden brown, on one side it will take about 3-5 minutes. Transfer the meat to a separate plate. -
![Return the pan to the heat and heat it, cut the onion into slices and put in a pan, fry for about 5-8 minutes.]()
4. Return the pan to the heat and heat it, cut the onion into slices and put in a pan, fry for about 5-8 minutes. -
![Pour cognac into the pan, scrape off the remaining fat after frying the meat. When the alcohol is reduced by half, pour in apple cider, a...]()
5. Pour cognac into the pan, scrape off the remaining fat after frying the meat. When the alcohol is reduced by half, pour in apple cider, add thyme, salt and bring to a boil. -
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![Return the meat to the pan and place it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for half an hour.]()
6. Return the meat to the pan and place it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for half an hour. -
![Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the meat to a plate. Return the pan to the heat and return the apples, stew all the contents un...]()
7. Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the meat to a plate. Return the pan to the heat and return the apples, stew all the contents until reduced by half. -
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![Add cream to the pan, salt to taste and turn off the fire.]()
8. Add cream to the pan, salt to taste and turn off the fire.
