Chicken Braised with Porcini Mushrooms

Polio ai Funghi Porcini

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as a main course
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      1 hr 10

Appears in
How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

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Ingredients

  • 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
  • 1 chicken, about pounds

Method

  1. Put the dried porcini in a bowl, cover with water, and soak for at least 15 minutes.
  2. Cut the chicken into 12 pieces as described. Put the olive oil in a sauté pan large enough to accommodate the chicken snugly and place over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, pat the chicken dry with paper towels and put half of the chick