Chicken taverna with tomatoes
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 Chicken cut into pieces
- 1/4 lb Butter
- 2 tb Oil
- 1 Lemon; (juice only)
- 1 ts Salt
- 1/8 ts Pepper
- 2 lb Canned whole tomatoes
- 1 Onion; thinly sliced
- 1 tb Oregano
- 1 ts Marjoram
- 1 ts Savory
- 1 Bay leaf
- 1/2 c Red wine
Instructions:
Wash chicken well with cold water. Combine butter and oil and heat. Pour half of it into shallow baking pan and lay chicken in it. Mix strained lemon juice in remaining mixture and baste chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 400 F for 30 minutes. Put tomatoes and remaining ingredients in a pot bring to a boil and pour over chicken. Reduce oven heat to 350 F and continue baking for 1 to 1-1/2 hours more. Serve over a bed of rice pilaf or add any kind of parboiled pasta potatoes or rice with chicken and bake in sauce for the last 1/2 hour of cooking time.



