Hunter's Chicken

Ingredients

• 4 chicken quarters
• 1 cup sliced crimini mushrooms
• 1 cup white button mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 1 tsp butter
• 1 large onion, finely sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 14 oz can chopped tomatoes
• 2/3 cup red wine
• 1 cup stock/water
• 1 rosemary sprig, chopped
• salt and pepper

Cooking

1. Slice and prepare the mushrooms and onions and set aside. add the oil and butter to a dutch oven or a good sized pot. saute chicken in oil butter mix with salt and pepper for 5 minutes on medium heat. remove chicken and set aside.
2. in the same pot/dutch oven, add the onion and the crimini mushrooms and cook and stir until onion is soft but not browned, about 3 minutes. add in the tomatoes and stir in the red wine and stock. add in the garlic and chopped rosemary and salt and pepper.
3. bring to a boil on medium heat while stirring from time to time. return the chicken to the mixture, stir in and cover well with mixture. place lid on pot/dutch oven and cover and simmer 30 minutes on low heat. remove lid, stir for a few seconds. add the white button mushrooms, stir a bit more. cover again simmer for another 10 minutes.

• to serve, remove chicken from stew and place on a plate along side some polenta, risotto, mashed potatoes along with a few spoon fulls of the stew. garnish with sprinkle of fresh rosemary.

bon appetit