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Frango no Ninho para Domingo
I grew up with a standard ritual every Sunday. Sundays were family day and the whole family would get up in the morning get dress in Sunday’s best, and make the walk (and later the drive) to church.
But before we left, my mother was busy in the kitchen preparing Sunday’s meal. One of the meals was a delicious oven roasted chicken dinner that slow roasted in the oven while we went to church. When we got back home, the house had an aroma of a delicious meal, and we were all pretty hungry. The ingredients and the process are pretty simple and just require a little pre planning.
This is a variation of that meal & served up in a nest of spaghetti.
Start with a whole chicken (size to meet your family needs), if frozen, be sure it’s thawed. To thaw it, place in the refrigerator over night. Wash in cold water, sprinkle with sea salt, some paprika, and pepper. Drizzle a little olive oil, I also drizzled a little hot pepper sauce (piri-piri) and about 1/4 cup white wine. Place in a covered backing dish with some bay leaves garlic on top of the chicken and some halved onions. You can also add some root vegetables (potatoes, carrots etc). Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, place in oven (covered), lower the heat to 200 degrees & let cook for 2 hrs.
The result will be a very tender & juicy roasted chicken. You can see the drippings in the pan. Now cook up some pasta and when done place in the pan drippings to form the nest, creating some delicious pasta and a nice presentation looking like a nest.
Gather the family and serve with choice of vegetable.
Tags: Frango no ninho, roast chicken
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zita says: |
| i remember those sundays, and can still smell the wonderfull aromas.
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