00:00We're getting figgy with it!
00:01I am making chicken with figs.
00:04All this is is seasoned chicken, bone in, skin on.
00:09If you can't get fresh figs, use dried
00:13and just pour hot water over them
00:16and they come back to life for you.
00:19We brown our chicken first for this figgy chicken.
00:23Then we put it back into the pot.
00:25It gets a splash of vinegar.
00:27I am using bone broth.
00:29A little onion.
00:30Let it start cooking down with the chicken.
00:32And we want a little bit of garlic.
00:35I like fresh thyme with chicken and fresh bay.
00:39Spin everybody around.
00:41And before the wine, just a splash of vinegar.
00:46Now, the figs, this is very important.
00:48We have fresh figs because we have little fig trees here.
00:51We're going to put the super ripe figs,
00:53we're going to put in the braise.
00:55So they're going to cook down into the sauce.
00:59Good quality.
01:00Doesn't have to be expensive at all.
01:02But good quality red wine.
01:05And you're going to do a couple of slow turns of the pan.
01:08And we're going to let that reduce.
01:10And then add some stock.
01:12Now, when this reduces down and starts to smell almost intoxicating,
01:18that's when we add the mushy figs and the broth.
01:21Now, this was the squashed figs that were a little riper than the other ones.
01:26I took the firmer figs and I just seared them up a little bit in a smaller skillet.
01:33And I used those for garnish.
01:35So people really get that it's getting figgy with it, chicken.
01:38Well done.
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