CHICKEN WITH LEMON AND MACARONI
IF YOU LIKE ROASTED CHICKEN WITH LEMON, THIS VARIATION WITH MACARONI WILL EXCITE YOU. MELLOW AND AROMATIC, YOU ONLY NEED A GLASS OF OAK-AGED ASSYRTIKO!
INGREDIENTS
250g wholemeal macaroni
1200 gr. chicken drumsticks
1 onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, sliced
2 carrots, diced
2 leeks, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon thyme, finely chopped
50ml lemon juice
1100ml hot chicken broth
80ml olive oil
4 allspice berries
1 cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
Freshly ground pepper
Salt
INSTRUCTIONS
First of all, season the chicken with salt and pepper. In a deep frying pan or casserole, put 40ml olive oil and sauté the chicken on all sides until it gets a light golden color. Add the onion, carrots, garlic, and leeks and sauté for another 2 '. Add the spices, the bay leaf, the thyme, the lemon juice, 500ml of the broth, salt, pepper and cook for 25 'on a medium heat.
Preheat the oven to 180o C.
Take the chicken out of the pot and keep it warm. Transfer the contents of the pot to a fireproof pan and add the Wholemeal macaroni, the rest of the broth, olive oil, pepper and salt as desired. Stir and bake for 20 'at 180o C. Then take the pan out of the oven, stir, add the chicken and cook for another 10 'at 180o C.
Serve it while hot with chopped parsley and parmesan if you like.
Eva Monochari
Food Blogger
