Week 35 - Netherlands

Just the one this week, which takes the pressure off a little. We loved Netherlands when we visited there Summer 2016; we ate some lovely food and I think our favourite was the fish we had one lunch-time. A recommendation of my husbands cousin's son who lives there.   

                                       
                            

We had a chicken stew, which I have made before on a previous challenge. But on this occasion I made a couple of slight changes, based on the comments we made and we all loved it. It was very tasty, and just what we needed on a wet autumn day.

Oudejaarspot - New Years' Eve Chicken Stew

one chicken (at least 1 kilogram)
salt, pepper,
50 grams butter
1 small white or bok choy cabbage
2 large onions
2 large carrots
2 red bell peppers
500 grams potatoes
½ celery root
¼ liter chicken stock
½ liter red wine
2 cloves garlic
piece of mace aril
2 baguettes or French breads
butter


Thoroughly clean the chicken inside and out, then pat dry and quarter it. Rub the pieces with salt and pepper, heat the butter and quickly brown the four pieces on all sides in a large skillet or pot. Clean and dice the vegetables (discard the seeds of the peppers) and potatoes. Mince the garlic.

Add the stock, wine, vegetables, potatoes and garlic to the chicken, salt and pepper to taste and put in the piece of aril. Cover the pot or skillet, turn down the heat and cook the stew for 60-75 minutes on low heat. Stir the stew once in a while. Serve with oven-warm, crisp bread and butter.
Source: http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/recipes.php?id=45