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John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats, Grains, Dairy		Celery, Vegetables	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6		Broiler-fryer chicken thighs
1 1/2	ts	Sesame seed
1/2	ts	Celery seed
1/2	tb	Paprika
1/4	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Garlic powder
1/8	ts	Pepper
1/4	c	Mazola corn oil
1/2	c	White wine
1	tb	Lemon juice
1		Red onion; thinly sliced
1	ts	Accent flavor enhancer
10		Celery stalks; quartered
1/2	pt	Dairy sour cream

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix together sesame seed, celery seed, paprika, salt and pepper. Heat corn
oil in large frypan over medium heat. Add chicken and brown on all sides.
Sprinkle 1/2 of the seasoning mixture on each side of chicken while
browning. Drain off fat. Add wine, lemon juice, onion, flavor enhancer and
celery. Reduce heat; cook, covered, about 20 minutes or until fork can be
inserted with ease. Remove chicken and celery to serving platter. Slowly
add sour cream to sauce in frying pan; mix well and heat. Pour sauce over
chicken. Makes 6 servings.
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary." <diane@keyway.net> on Feb 4,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“This is the day the Lord has made! Be glad!”

One of the great lessons of church history is that God has used theological controversy to corporately sanctify His church as each Christian “contends earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). Many crucial doctrines have been clarified and purified through respectful debate in the hermeneutical context of the universal church. Indeed, this is the very reason why God allowed controversy in the church at Corinth: “For there must also be factions (opinions) among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you” (1 Cor. 11:19). Yet to avoid the disunity of the Corinthian church, we must handle our opinions with abundant humility and grace.

John Thompson