Nelson's Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2-3 lbs chicken (skinless legs and thighs)
• 2 medium onions, sliced thin
• 2 cloves of minced garlic
• 1/2 medium green pepper (diced small)
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can sliced mushrooms (drained)
• 1 -2 bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons crushed dry oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary (crushed)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 jar of small pimento stuffed olive (these can be crushed by hand when added)
• 3 -4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into small chunks
• 1/3 cup dry red wine
• 1/3 cup beer
• 1 1/2 cups water
• your favorite hot pasta

Recipe

• 1 cook onions with garlic in oil until tender-- remove and set aside brown chicken in same pan combine all ingredients including onions-- do not include wine and beer.
• 2 in a pot, pour ingredients over chicken and stir to combine.
• 3 cover pot and simmer (low heat) for 1/2 hr.
• 4 uncover-- add wine and beer-- cook uncovered for an additional 15 mins.
• 5 or as long as it takes to thicken mixture to your taste!
• 6 serve over your choice of hot pasta.