Steamed Chicken with Vegetables
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Home Cooking- Harriet Blackford, Des Moines, Iowa
Serves 4 peopleCategories: Casseroles- One dish Meals
Ingredients
- 1 chicken, cut into serving pieces
- 2 unpeeled zucchini, cut in thick diagonal slices
- 2 large carrots, pared and cut in thick diagonal slices
- 2 potatoes, peeled and sliced diagonally
- 1 large rib celery, sliced diagonally
- 2 sprigs parsley
- 1/2 tsp. dried tarragon
- 1 bay leaf
- salt to taste
- Sauce:
- 1 cup dry white wine or dry vermouth
- 1 shallot, peeled and minced
- 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 cup chicken stock
- freshly ground white pepper to taste
Directions
- Place chicken pieces on steamer rack in wok. Top with nest seven ingredients. Season with salt. Cover; steam over hot water 45 minutes or until chicken and vegetables are tender. Remove bay leaf.
- Prepare sauce: Boil wine in wok until reduced by half. In another wok or saucepan, sauté shallot in butter 4 or 5 minutes over low to medium heat. Do not brown. Add to wok with stock; cook until reduced by one-third. Season with pepper. Pour over chicken.