Granny's Basque Chicken
8 fl oz virgin olive oil
2 sm Chickens, jointed
4 lrg Tomatoes, skinned and chopped large
2 sm Green peppers, seeded and chopped large
2 sm Red peppers, seeded and chopped large
1 lrg Spanish onion
3 x Cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
1 tsp Paprika
8 fl oz orange juice
8 x Black olives, unpitted
5 oz Serrano ham, sliced thinly
1 x Glass dry white wine
2 oz Brown rice
Sea salt and black pepper
Method :
Brown the chicken in the oil over a medium high flame and then add the onions,
peppers, rice, paprika and garlic.
Add tomatoes, ham and fluids and then cover and casserole for 45 minutes in a
high sided saucepan over a low flame until the meat is cooked and the rice is
soft. The gravy should have a thick consistency - not too runny and not stodgy.
1492
Moors
conquered in
Spain
by troops of Ferdinand and Isabella. Columbus
becomes first European to encounter
Caribbean
islands, returns to
Spain
(1493). Second voyage to
Dominica
,
Jamaica
,
Puerto Rico
(1493–1496). Third
voyage to
Orinoco
(1498). Fourth voyage to
Honduras
and
Panama
(1502–1504).