Apricot Chicken Potjiekos

Food Design Loves!! Apricot Chicken Potjiekos 

Ingredients for Potjie:

• 12 chicken thighs
• TT salt and pepper
• 1 Tbsp. olive oil
• 3 onions, sliced into rings
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 250g fresh button mushrooms, wiped clean
• 500g baby potatoes

Sauce:

• 410g tin apricot halves
• 200ml apricot juice
• 10ml soy sauce
• 1 juice and rind of a lemon

Method how to:

1. Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper add a little oil to the potjie pot and fry the chicken till brown. 
2. Sauté the onion and garlic till soft and add the whole mushrooms. Fry till brown. 
3. Arrange in layers in the potjie pot, alternating with the chicken thighs and potatoes. 
4. Drain the apricot halves and reserve the syrup. Add enough apricot juice to the syrup to make 400 ml. 
5. Add the remaining sauce ingredients and pour over the chicken. Cover and simmer slowly till the chicken and potatoes are done. 
6. Add the apricot halves just before the end of the cooking time and heat through. Serve with fresh breadrolls.