These 2 weeks, weather going back to winter, freezing cold… Bad for the young shoots and new growth. We are trying to keep ourself warm, so here you go Poule au Pot of Henri IV. Normally this dish is a winter hen stew. I decide to try this recipe because one of the ingredient is rice.
I guess more of you already know the story how this hen stew was the dish of every Sunday. It was my first time making it, and it was also our first time eating it. Of course, we have tasted the ready made poule au pot chicken soup from supermarket, but never the a whole hen in a pot. I have used the following recipe.
First of all, I cooked the stuffing for the chicken, including, pork, chicken liver, bread crumb and chopped parsley,
The water was heated up with vegetables like leek, garlic, radish, carrot, celery and bouquet garni.
The chicken was being stuffed and off to the pot. Cook the whole thing about 1.5 hour.
For the last 20 minutes, I took some cooking soup from the chicken pot and use it to cook the rice with mushroom. I cooked it in the oven.
The remaing facie now became meatballs.
The mushroom rice goes well with the chicken which is quite tender.
The soup is a bit oily, but it was good.
