Chicken and sweet potato potjie

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5 servings Prep: 15 mins, Cooking: 2 hrs
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By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (14)

2.00 onions — large, chopped
2.00 celery stalks — sliced
3.00 garlic — cloves, crushed
oil
8.00 chicken — thighs
salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
5.00 sweet potatoes — large, peeled, sliced into rings
8.00 carrots — scraped, sliced
200.00 g apricots — dried
250.00 ml wine — white
10.00 ml soy sauce
75.00 ml brown sugar — soft
75.00 ml tomato sauce — or mustard
10.00 ml fresh basil
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Method:

Sauté the onion, celery and garlic in a little oil till soft. Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper, add and fry till brown. Arrange the vegetables in layers on top of the meat and end with a layer of apricots if using. Blend the white wine, soy sauce, brown sugar, tomato sauce and basil and pour over the, dish. Cover, reduce the heat and simmer till the chicken and vegetables are tender and done. Do not stir the potjie, just scrape the bottom of the pot every now and then with a spatula to ensure that the food does not stick. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve with pot bread.
Serves 8.



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