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We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Chicken With Spicy Prune Sauce

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Mexican		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Safflower oil
2	lb	Chicken thighs, I used
		boneless skinless
		chicken
		breasts.
1	t	Sea salt, about I used
		kosher salt
1		White onion, thinly sliced
1	c	Roughly chopped prunes
1	c	Raisins
5		Canned chipotle chiles in
		adobo roughly chopped
		didn't bother to chop.
2		Coca Cola or Pepsi Cola, !

INSTRUCTIONS

I
Last night I made dinner using that fabulous Mexican cookbook,  _Cocina
de la Familia_, by Marilyn Tausend (Simon and Shuster, N.Y.,  1997) On
pp. 154-155 is an unusual, and unusually delicious (!)  recipe for
"Chicken with Spicy Prune Sauce." This is a combination  that had never
crossed my mind, and now I see all sorts of  possibilities using the
sauce. It's mouth-wateringly delicious!  Heat the oil in a large, heavy
skillet with a lid. Add the chicken  pieces and brown on all sides,
about 10 minutes. Season with salt.  Remove chicken, add onion and
sautee until onion becomes limp. Pour  off any excess oil. Return
chicken to skillet, lower the heat and  cook gently for another 5
minutes.  While the chicken is cooking, put the prunes, raisins and
chipotles  in a blender with some of the cola. Blend until smooth.
Continue to  blend in the remaining cola.  Pour the prune sauce over
the chicken, stir, and simmer over  medium-low heat, covered, about 30
minutes, until the chicken is well  done and the sauce thickened. Taste
for seasoning and add more salt  if necessary.  Remove chicken to a hot
platter and pour the sauce over the chicken."  Posted to CHILE-HEADS
DIGEST by Ron Hay <ronhay@pacbell.net> on May  21, 1999, converted by
MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1986 Calories From Fat: 657 Total Fat: 74g Cholesterol: 413.7mg Sodium: 760.2mg Potassium: 3363mg Carbohydrates: 212.2g Fiber: 15.5g Sugar: 97.7g Protein: 134.2g