Easy Eats : Meal Occasion : Dinner : Lager-Braised Oktoberfest Chicken

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Lager-Braised Oktoberfest Chicken


Braising (or pot roasting) is just a technique that slow-cooks food in a little flavorful liquid. It's a close cousin to stewing, but uses must less liquid during cooking.

SERVES: 4
PREP TIME: 15 Minutes
COOK TIME: 60 Minutes

Ingredients

3 slicked thick-cut bacon
4 to 6 (24 ounces) Gold'n Plump Bone-In Chicken Thighs
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
4 cups chopped green cabbage
2 cups chopped butternut squash
1 large onion, sliced
1 teaspoon fennel or caraway seed
1 bottles (12 ounces) amber lager beer or 1-1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth.

Directions

	Step 1: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Cook bacon in large deep skillet or Dutch oven until crisp; remove from pan, cool, and crumble, Set aside.

	Step 2: Season chicken with salt and pepper. Brown in bacon fat. Remove to plate. Add cabbage, squash, onion, and fennel seed to pan. Cook and stir 10 minutes. Return chicken to pan; pour in beer. Bring to a boil.

	Step 3: Cover pan; place in oven. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink near bone or in center.