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Main course / Meat
Chicken with a vanilla sauce
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Ingredients :

(for 4 personnes)
- 1 chicken (1,5kg)
- 4 local onions
- 2 vanilla pods
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1 sprig of thyme
- 1/2 tsp curcuma
- Salt, pepper and oil

The Vanilla Sauce:
- 2 vanilla pods
- 40cl cream
- 3 lids full of dark rum
- Salt and pepper

Method :

Cut the chicken into small pieces and finely chop the onions.
Pound the garlic together with salt and pepper. Then, cut the vanilla pods in half lengthways and scrape out the seeds.
Heat the oil in a pan, brown the chicken pieces and then add the minced onions. Gently simmer for a further 3 minutes.
Add the garlic mixture and curcuma and sear for 2minutes. After that, add the vanilla pods and two glasses of water and simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated.

Sauce:
Meanwhile, reduce the cream, rum and vanilla together in a pan. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Transfer the chicken to a serving dish and drizzle with the sauce.
Serve with white rice.