Napoleon's Chicken Marengo

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 chicken pieces or 4 large chicken breasts
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup flour
• 4 tablespoons olive oil (or enough to brown chicken)
• 1 -2 garlic clove, minced
• 1 medium onion, chopped (optional)
• 1 cup tomatoes or 1 cup canned tomato, diced
• 3/4 cup wine or 3/4 cup cooking sherry or 3/4 cup sub with chicken broth
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms, fresh preferably
• 8 -12 medium shrimp, cleaned (optional)
• 4 slices 1/2-inch thick bread for toast (french or italian)
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped (optional)
• 4 eggs (optional)

Recipe

• 1 salt and pepper chicken and pat in seasonings.
• 2 heat olive oil to med-high.
• 3 dredge chicken in flour and add to heated oil.
• 4 brown on both sides, about 3 minutes each side.
• 5 place browned chicken on papertowels
• 6 in same skillet, saute onions 10 minutes.
• 7 after five mins add minced garlic.
• 8 add tomatoes, wine, and stir until bubbly.
• 9 lower heat to a low simmer.
• 10 return chicken pieces to skillet.
• 11 simmer for 1 hour if using dark meat, 45 mins if using breasts.
• 12 check chicken at 15 min intervals. if too dry, add 1/3 c chicken broth (or to your liking).
• 13 at first 15 min interval, taste sauce and s& p to your taste.
• 14 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 15 add mushrooms and shrimp to simmering chicken at 50 mins or 35 mins, respectively, assure shrimp is simmering in sauce until just pink.
• 16 butter slices of bread or drizzle olive oil and toast in preheated oven (3-5 mins).
• 17 add one piece of chicken on top of a slice of toast, spoon sauce over chicken.
• 18 add 2-3 shrimp on top or around chicken.
• 19 sprinkle a little parsley on each serving (optional).
• 20 fry eggs in olive oil or bacon grease, sunny side up (eggs optional).
• 21 place egg by side of chicken serving, s&p to taste.