Ingredients for Cajun Chicken with Assorted Vegetables
- 1 Spring chicken
- 1/2 Onion
- 8 Garlic
- 1 Bay leaf
- White beans
- Kale
- Zucchini
- Corn
- Mushrooms
- Hardboiled Eggs
- Chicken stock
- Vinho verde (white wine)
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Chicken bouillon powder
- Cajun seasoning
- Paprika
- Olive oil
- 1 tbsp Butter
Cooking Instructions for making Cajun Chicken with Assorted Vegetables
Pre-season chicken with salt, pepper, cajun seasoning, paprika
Insert 1/4 onion, 1/2 bay-leaf, 2 cloves of garlic into the chicken, add-in also the chicken bouillon powder
After few hours in the fridge, pre-heat the oven (220c) and put in the chicken wrapped in aluminum foil (approx. 1:00hr – 1:30hrs)
Cut the veggies (in bite size cubes) and boil the eggs
Sauté the garlic, onion and bay leaf with olive oil, butter and sprinkle some seasoning (paprika, cajun, b. pepper, salt)
When the onions start to become translucent, add-in chopped kale, zucchini and mushrooms and sauté for a few minutes
Add-in the remaining corn and beans into the pot
Pour in vinho verde (high heat), and when the alcohol smell disappears, add-in the chicken stock
Cook for a few more minutes until all starts to soften
Remove the chicken from the foil and transfer all ingredients to a Pyrex
Finish the cooking in the oven (approx. 20 – 30min) until the chicken skin becomes crispy
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