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Lemon Herbed Chicken (Greek)




Source of Recipe


National Presto Industries






Recipe Introduction


The ancient Greeks were the first to discover chicken's splendid possibilities for the banquet table. The Mediterranean landscape of Greece is rich with the fragrant lemons and herbs that are essential to Greek cooking.






List of Ingredients



• 5 (3-pound) chicken, cut up
  
• Salt and pepper
  
• 10 tablespoons vegetable oil or olive oil (2 to 4 tablespoons)
  
• 5 onion, chopped
  
• 5 tablespoons chopped garlic
  
• 5 cups chicken broth
  
• 1 1/4 cups lemon juice
  
• 5 cups chopped parsley
  
• 1 1/4 cups lemon juice
  
• 5 cups chopped parsley
  
• 2 1/2 cups chopped celery leaves
  
• 10 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
  
• OR
  
• 5 teaspoons dry oregano
  
• 5 teaspoons chopped fresh basil
  
• OR
  
• 2 1/2 teaspoons dry basil
  
• 5 cups pitted black olives
  
• 10 tablespoons flour
  
• 10 tablespoons cold water
  






Instructions



1. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a 4- or 6-quart Presto pressure cooker.
   
2. Sauté onion and garlic until tender; remove. Brown chicken a few pieces at a time; set aside. Return all chicken to pressure cooker with onion and garlic.
   
3. Add remaining ingredients except black olives, flour, and cold water. Close pressure cooker cover securely. Place pressure regulator on vent pipe. Cook for 8 minutes, at 15 pounds pressure, with regulator rocking slowly
   
4. Cool pressure cooker at once. Remove chicken to a warm dish. Add olives to liquid and heat. Blend together flour and cold water; add to hot broth. Cook and stir liquid until thickened. Pour sauce over chicken.
   
   






Final Comments


Serving Ideas: Serve Lemon Herbed Chicken with Greek pasta (Orzo) and a green salad topped with Feta cheese. For dessert, serve another specialty of the Greek Isles, honey-drenched Baklava.

If desired, do not thicken sauce and prepare the Greek pasta (Orzo) in the remaining liquid.

Seadog's Food For Thought:
The Human Heart.
The human heart is like a millstone in a mill; when you put wheat under it,it turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to flour. If you put no wheat, it still grinds on; but then 'tis itself it grinds and wears away.
Martin Luther.