Name: Chicken & Mushrooms (Pileshko So Pechurki)
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Macedonian
Ingredients: 4 cups (280 g) sliced Cremini or button mushrooms; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; ½ teaspoon paprika; 1½ teaspoons kosher salt; 1 cup (250 g) stewed or diced tomatoes (from a jar or can); 1 cup (240 ml) red wine; 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs, halved; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 2 leeks (white and light green parts only), sliced into ¼-inch (6 mm) rings; 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped; 4–6 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch (5 cm) pieces

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Macedonia

By Katerina Nitsou

Published 2021

About

Many varieties of mushrooms grow wild throughout the regions of Macedonia. Cremini or button mushrooms are still among the most common cooking mushrooms, but the Boletus family mushrooms, found predominantly in the oak forests, are also widely used. It is the same variety as the porcini or penny bun mushroom and, if you can find them fresh (not dried and reconstituted), I highly recommend trying them in this recipe.