Recipes

Heat oil in lg Dutch oven for browning chicken.

Salt & pepper chicken; brown evenly in oil.

Once browned, remove from pan and set aside.

Sauté onions in same oil til tender and carmelized.

Add cider to deglaze pan, scraping up bits from bottom.

Add stock and honey, stir well to blend, and reduce by about a 1/4 or so to marry flavors and slightly thicken.

Add chicken back to pan and cover tightly.

Lower heat and simmer 35-40min, til chicken is done and very tender, falling off bone, and sauce is reduced and flavorful.

Serve over smashed sweet potatoes- either steam or boil til tender, scrape meat out from skin and smash w/fork w/plenty of butter, and dash of ground cloves and ginger.

A good side is braised down greens- beet & chard are very pretty- stewing in stock and/or water w/plenty of onion and garlic, a dash of cider vinegar and sprinkling of salt, pepper and nutmeg, while chicken is cooking.