Chicken havana

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

8 ea Thighs

Instructions:

chicken broiler/ -- fryer boned skinned 1 1/2 ts Garlic salt 1/2 ts Pepper 2 tb Oil cooking 1 tb Cornstarch 1/2 c Broth chicken condensed 1/2 c Rum dark 1/4 c Juice orange concentrate -- thawed 1 1/2 ts Oregano 3/4 ts Cumin 1/2 ts Hot pepper sauce 1/2 c Beans black rinsed 1/3 c Pimento chopped 2 md Garlic cloves thinly -- sliced Lettuce Romaine 1/4 c Onion sweet chopped Orange slices Lime slices Parsley Sprinkle garlic salt and pepper over the chicken pieces after rinsing and patting them dry. Fold in the sides of the thighs to reshape them to their original form. Secure the sides with toothpicks. In a frying pan pour the oil and heat to medium-high temperature. Add chicken and cook turning about 8 minutes or until brown on all sides. Remove the chicken and set aside. Discard the drippings from the pan (or pour them over your dry pet food for a treat for the children in your family.... ) An a medium bowl dissolve the cornstarch in a small amount of the broth. Stir in the remaining broth rum orange juice concentrate oregano cumin and hot pepper sauce. Pour the mixture3into the same fry pan and cook stirring until mixture boils. Return the chicken to the saute pan turning to coat. Reduce heat to low and simmer turning twice about 20 minutes or until chicken is fork tender. Remove the chicken from the pan remove wooden toothpicks. Set the chicken aside and keep it warm. To sauce left in the saute pan add bean pimento and garlic. Heat mixture to boiling and cook stirring for 1 minute. Place lettuce leaves on a platter. Arrange the chicken over the lettuce. Spoon bean mixture over the chicken then sprinkle with onion. Garnish with orange and lime slices and parsley. Cook: Marjorie Fortier West Redding Connecticut Source: "Chicken Cookery" - 1994 Delmarva Chicken Cooking Contest : Delmarva Poultry Industries Inc. : Georgetown Delaware 19947-9622