TEdICHURRI Chicken

NAME: TEdICHURRI Chicken

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INGREDIENTS/UTENSILS:
1 1/2 cups pasta spirals
1 cup strong chicken stock
6-8 small potatoes skin-on, washed
300g - 500g chicken pieces off the bone
24 stalks onion flowers (approximately - small bunch)
1 cup chopped parsley
1 cup chopped mixed celery and celery tops
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1 tbsp lime juice
1 ripe avocado
1 small brown onion (or 1/2 medium brown onion)
splash extra virgin olive oil

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METHOD:
Roughly chop the onion flowers and stalks and place in blender with teaspoon of salt, olive oil, vinegar, and lime juice. Blend for a few minutes, adding a drizzle of water if necessary to make a creamy consistency.

Chop the chicken into 1.5cm - 2cm cubes, place in a bowl, and pour the marinade over. Stir well to ensure all the chicken gets covered and cover and refrigerate for several hours.

When ready to begin, start the potatoes in a few litres of clean salted water, keep an eye and slow to simmering as soon as simmering starts.

Meanwhile chop the onion small, put in the pan with the tablespoonful of olive oil, start frying. Once onion is glassy, add half the parsley and half the chopped celery. Reduce heat to a gentle sizzle. Now take the chicken pieces from the marinade (but preserve the marinade don't throw it out yet) and place on aluminium foil under the grill. Scoop the avocado out and mash it with a fork to paste. Add a tablespoonful of the marinade to the avocado mash, mix together, and add this to the onion/celery/parsley and stir through. Increase the heat, stir for five minutes. Add the chicken stock and about half a cup of water. Turn the chicken under the grill when it starts to brown, until all sides are reasonably browned.

By now the potatoes will be half cooked, lift them from the water with a slotted spoon, turn up the heat, and put the pasta spirals in the water. Cool the potatoes and slice about 1/2cm thick, layer these in the bottom of a small deep casserole dish. Add the chicken on top, set aside.

Using a fork, mash the onion/celery/parsley sauce slightly, and then use the fork to lift solid bits out of the sauce and layer onto the chicken and potato. Pasta will now be ready so drain it (don't rinse) and put aside. Go back to the sauce, fine chop the remaining celery amd parsley and add that to the sauce, taste and add salt or more marinade to taste.

Put the well drained pasta on top of the potato and chicken, and spoon the sauce over evenly. Cover the casserole and place in the oven at 170 - 180 for 45 minutes to an hour, then uncover and bake for another 20 - 30 minutes.

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SERVING:
Serve immediately, digging down through the layers to get someof everything. Serve this with a steamed leafy green to keep to the green theme, and this serves four people.

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NOTES:
You may prefer less tang to the flavour in which case reduce the amount of vinegar not the amount of lime juice and add more water to get the consistency right. If you follow through my recipe the timings of everything will be pretty spot on - I've made this a few times now and it just sort of works out...

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ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Not taken. High in fats due to the avocado but it's the right kinds of fat.
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Remember, Active ingredients are an approximate "average per meal" allowance for an average person, when served in the serving sizes suggested and are very rough guides only.

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