Chicken Potjie
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 2:59am

Ingredients




45 mls cooking oil
1 kilogram chicken thighs
10 mls salt
4 bay leaves
pinch dried thyme
4 black peppercorns
pinch ground allspice
45 mls chutney
500 mls carrots, peeled and sliced
6 large potatoes, peeled and sliced
500 grams whole button mushrooms
125 mls boiling water
1 chicken stock cube

Preparation

1 Heat the oil in the potjie. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and fry the it, a few pieces at a time, until golden brown. Add the herbs, spices and chutney. Arrange the carrots, potatoes and mushrooms in layers on top of the chicken. Dissolve the stock cube in the water and add it to the potjie. Replace the lid and simmer for approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes. Add water if the potjie becomes too dry.

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From FunkyMonkey's South African Recipes page.