Stewed Chicken in Wine Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, cut up into pieces
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tbsp pepper
• 1 cup wine
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 medium onion, cut into 1 inch thin strips
• 1 green pepper, cut into 1 inch thin strips
• 1/2 cup frozen sweet peas
• 1/4 cup golden raisins

Directions

1. Mix flour, salt and pepper, then coat all sides of the chicken pieces with the flour mixture.
2. In a large pan, brown coated chicken pieces on all sides.
3. Move the browned pieces to a pot, then add wine, can of diced tomatoes including the liquid, broth and bay leaves to the pot. Bring to a boil.
4. Meanwhile, add the onion and green pepper to the same pan used to brown chicken pieces, saute for 3 minutes.
5. Add the sweet peas and raisins to the pot of chicken. If the liquid has not reached boiling point yet, wait until it is boiling.
6. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered for 35 minutes or until chicken pieces are fully cooked.
7. At this point, check on the sauce. If you would prefer a thicker sauce, bring the pot to a boil and keep boiling until the sauce reaches your desired consistency. As with any recipe, taste and adjust the salt / pepper level if necessary.
8. Serve chicken over plain white rice.