Sunday's Best - "Chicken Matosinhos" Braised chicken with mushrooms in port wine sauce 📷>recipe guide<

Hi Steemians! Today in sunday's best a meal which I have so eaten in the small port town of Matosinhos in Portugal. The taste is authentic cause I get a list of ingredients and how to prepare by the Portuguese chef.

Ingredients for 4 people:

4 chicken legs

50 g white flour

gratet nutmeg

Oil or fat for frying

2-4 cloves of garlic

2 onions or shallots

150g bacon 

200 g of mushrooms

Fresh thyme

50 ml red port wine

300ml chicken broth

Salt, pepper, as required

flour butter for bonding

1. Mix the flour, the grated nutmeg and a teaspoon salt in a bowl. Remove the skin from the chicken legs and divide them in the joint. Roll the legs in the mixture and fry in a pan! Put aside!  

2. Cut the garlic and onions into slices. Peel the mushrooms and quarter them. Fry the bacon cubes in the same pan a the legs slowly crispy, add garlic, onions and mushrooms, briefly steam. Add Thyme port wine and bouillon and the chicken. Braise at medium heat for 60 minutes. For a better bond add some flour butter at the cooking time.

Serve with rice mashed potatoes or baguette and a good red wine!