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The drunken chicken is a recipe with many variations around the world, as it is the name used to the way you prepare the chicken with a touch of alcohol. Whatever its origin, this recipe has already spread in many countries of the world and each of them has made an adaptation according to their eating habits, their traditional spices and ingredients. In Venezuela, this wonderful dish brings us that much flavor, perfect for this holiday season, ideal to prepare on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve.

Ingredients

chicken 1 whole Chicken about 2 kg
onion 200 grams of Onion
beer 1 cup Beer
white-wine 2 cups White Cooking Wine
papelon-en 1 cup shredded Papelon
rum ½ cup Rum
adobo-en 3 tablespoons Adobo
garlic 5 cloves Garlic, crushed
sweet-pepper 6 Sweet Peppers cut into brunoise
leek 1 stalk of Leek cut into julienne
carrot 1 kg of sliced Carrot
stuffed-olives 1 cup Olives
bacon 250 gr of finely chopped Bacon
oregano-en 1 tablespoon Oregano
butter 2 tablespoons Butter
black-pepper Pepper
salt Salt

Utensils

Ovenproof dish
Container
Fork
Foil

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees.

  2. Thoroughly wash the chicken, preferably with vinegar.

  3. In an ovenproof dish, place the chicken clean and drained, reserve.

  4. In a separate bowl, pour beer, sweet peppers, wine, leek, garlic cloves, the brown sugar, onion, rum, bacon, adobo and mix.

  5. On the other hand, pierce the chicken all over with a fork (this to better absorb the flavor).

  6. Take a portion of carrots, onion, leek, olives and fill the cavity of the chicken and seal with kitchen string (optional) and let marinate for 30 minutes.

  7. Simultaneously, mix ¼ teaspoon salt, oregano and pepper, two tablespoons of butter and coat the chicken with this mixture, thus a more golden color is obtained and enhance the flavor.

  8. Dip the chicken with the remaining liquid previously prepared and distribute the carrots and olives evenly throughout the baking dish.

  9. Cover the dish with foil and bake for 1 ½ hours (half an hour before removing from oven, remove the foil to brown).