Pollo Borracho (Drunken Chicken)

My dad loved mexican dishes!  My grandma would make this one for him.  YUM! 

Pollo Borracho (Drunken Chicken)

Yields: 4 Servings

Ingredients

3 tablespoons Corn oil (olive oil would work fine as well)
1 Chicken whole, quartered/disjointed
1 1/2 teaspoons Red chile powder
Salt to taste
1/2 pound Chorizo
1 medium Onion finely chopped
2 cloves Garlic minced
1/2 cup Orange juice fresh
1/3 cup Gold Tequila
2 tablespoons Capers

  Instructions
Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed frying pan and brown chicken pieces in it with chile powder; salt lightly and transfer to a casserole dish. Cook sausage with onions and garlic, in the same frying pan, until sausage is cooked through. Distribute over chicken pieces. Mix together orange juice and tequila and pour over chicken, then sprinkle with capers. Cover tightly and bake in preheated oven at 350° for one hour or until chicken is very tender. Serve with Rice. 

Chicken Saute Bercy

I made this tonight when I had my parents over for dinner. Also made the sweet potato casserole! Sooooooo good!

Chicken Saute Bercy

Yields: 4 Servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons Butter to saute with chicken

1 1/2 lbs Chicken
2 tablespoons Butter to saute with onions/mushrooms
14 ounces Mushroom
2 bunches Green onion
3/4 cup White Wine
4 tablespoons Butter for sauce
4 cloves Garlic fine minced

  Instructions
Saute chicken, set aside. Saute butter and mushrooms first, then add garlic and onions at the end; very lightly saute and add wine. Pour over chicken.