MAIN DISH
Turkish style chicken

Origin: GREECE

Ingredients
4 lb chicken, cut in 12 pieces
3 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
2 onions, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tbs coriander seed, ground
1/2 tsp saffron
4 Tbs olive oil
1 bay leaf, crushed
2 bell peppers, finely diced
1 cup kalamata olives, pitted and dices
2 cups chicken broth, preferably homemade
2 Tbs white raisins, soaked in boiling water for 30 minutes
1 lb long-grain white rice
salt and pepper, to taste
tabasco sauce, to taste
1/2 tsp ground cumin

Execution
Remove the skin from chicken pieces. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cook in oil. Remove pieces as they brown. They should be almost cooked at this point. If they are not, turn down heat and continue cooking. Add onions to the oil left in the pan and cook until soft. Add garlic, bay leaf and ground coriander.

Stir in rice until well coated with the oil. Add bell peppers and cook a few minutes. Stir in tomatoes, cumin and saffron. Add raisins. Return chicken pieces to pan. Pour 2 cups boiling chicken stock. Cover pan. Turn down heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add olives and continue simmering 10 to 15 minutes until rice is cooked. Add some s of Tabasco. Serve hot.