I cooked this chicken dish a couple of weeks ago. I had no intention of posting the recipe because I was saving it for the cookbook that I am writing. Oh, there, I announced it already. Anyway, the cookbook will contain unpublished recipes. My original plan was to include only original recipes, meaning, ones that I “invented”, in panic mode or otherwise. But I decided to stick with an all-Filipino theme. That said, this recipe will not be included in the cookbook since it’s hardly Filipino. As to when the cookbook will be published, I am hoping that will be before the end of the year.
This chicken dish is similar to my earlier chicken, peas and mushrooms in sour cream. Instead of using commercial sour cream for the sauce, however, I used all-purpose cream to which I added the juice of one lemon. Ah, the flavor and the aroma was much, much better.
Ingredients :
350 g. of boneless chicken thighs
150 g. of potatoes
1 large white onion
1/4 c. of butter
1 c. of all-purpose cream
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp. of grated lemon zest
1 c. of chicken broth (tips for making homemade broth)
salt
white pepper
a small bunch of fresh dill
Cooking procedure :
Peel the potatoes and cut into wedges.
Cut each chicken thigh into 4 portions. Place in a bowl and season lightly with salt and white pepper.
Peel and thinly slice the onion.
Pour the cream into a bowl and pour the lemon juice into it without stirring.
Melt the butter in a wide cooking pan. When frothy, add the potato wedges and cook until the edges start to brown. Add the chicken pieces and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes. Add the sliced onion and stir. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
When the potatoes and chicken are done, pour in the lemon-cream mixture and add the lemon zest and fresh dill to the cooking pan. Stir. Add more salt if necessary. Simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let stand for about 10 minutes before serving to allow the sauce to thicken a bit (it thickens as it cools) and the flavors to infuse.
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Hi, Connie! I live in Vancouver, Canada. What can I use in place of all purpose cream?
Pinky, I’m sure you have all-purpose cream there although it might be called something else… like single cream?
Hi Connie, for sure I will cook this chicken recipe.
Ohhh, and the cookbook!!!
Wow! How can your overseas fan/s get hold of the book??
Cheers, Gina
We’ll see, Gina. I’m new to this publishing thing but I’m sure we’ll figure out something.
I love chicken and I really treasure chicken recipes. I’ve never heard nor tried this one, but I am sooo excited to try this later for dinner!!!! and the words “lemon cream” sound cheerful and perfect together. can’t wait!!!! im also very excited to get a copy of your cookbook. YOU ROCK!!!!
LOL thank you, paupau.
can’t wait to get a copy of your cookbook. i always try your recipes posted here at home and hubby always asks for a third serving, he he he.
Pinky, it’s called whipping cream (heavy or light) here in North America. I remember when I first tried making fruit salad here and I couldn’t find “all purpose cream” in the dairy section. Whipping cream lang pala yun.
hi connie, a lawyer who’s passionate about cooking and pinoy food too! a kindred spirit, yes! i think the recipe is simply fabulous, thanks a lot
Hi connie! I will definitely try this chicken recipe. Can i substitute calamansi instead of lemon. Thanks
neri, so does my husband hehehehe
aggie, ayun pala! i’ll remember that next time i post a recipe with cream.
lemon, i read your comment in my other blog… ever thought of writing professionally? it’s something you can do at home… you can be with your baby.
Madie, yes, but I wouldn’t know how many kalamansi you’ll have to squeeze to get the equivalent of the juice of one lemon.
Hi Connie!
I’ve been a loyal fan of yours and your website since last year. I visit the site almost everyday. I’ve been meaning to suggest a cookbook/compilation of your recipes, noon pa, and now, naku answered prayer yata since you’ll be publishing a cookbook. I’m so excited! I’ll be looking forward to its publication.
Cathy
how do i start?I started blogging only lately, but my love for cooking and discovering new ways to cook pinoy fare began when I was a child and I kept on pestering my mom on why she did this, placed that, on certain dishes. by the way, i love the way you present your dishes. they really look great, i can almost taste them.also, it seems you also have a penchant for family outings, like me. 2 weeks ago, we went all over antipolo looking for the least-crowded resort. we were thrilled to discover aguas de azules, its near fiesta resort, in antipolo. We were just unlucky at that time, since the resort was booked exclusively for nestle phil. emp. Judging from our first view of the place, I would say the resort is clean and ideally private. Do check it out when you go off on one of your trips.
hi! pardon my ignorance, but what is dill? can i omit this? where can i buy it? thanks!
cathy, your reaction as well as others’ are really inspiring. i’ll do my best not to disappoint.
lemon, is that a food blog you’ve got? i suggest you get a google adsense account.
it’s an herb, cynee. you can buy it in the salad vegetable section of most supermarkets. or you can go to market! market! and buy a live plant for PhP 35.00 and just put in where it gets a lot of sun. Voila, you have fresh dill everytime you need it.
Finally a cookbook! I hope it comes out in time for Christmas so I can give it to all my friends. I’m getting tired of sending them your URL hehehe. A compilation of your recipes here would be nice, too, though =)
hi, connie! can’t wait for your upcoming cookbook, please…please let us know as soon as it’s out na. ha, keep at it!
Thank you for your very quick reply Connie, i just missed u by 1 minute!!!…hehe
Thank you also Aggie. I’ll try that.
Looking forward to your cookbook Connie!
hi, no it’s not a food blog. it’s a blog about my day-to-day adventures/misadventures being a mom and mil. wife. thank you for the suggestions and i look forward to reading your blog daily. i live in rizal (cainta) area, and i can attest that we get less of the pollution than other metro mla. areas
Chevee, I thought about the compilation too. But would people buy the cookbook if the recipes are available online? Kasi, if a first book does not make money, a second one becomes improbable.
I will, Maricar.
No problem, Pinky.
lemon, I e-mailed you.
Yey! a cookbook from homecookingrocks.com.
I will definitely buy one. ‘been a follower of your fantastic recipe’s Mrs. Connie. 
Sassy, i know i would. why? because i don’t really want to print out your recipes. even if i had it bound or something, iba pa rin ang actual cookbook =) though you have a point, most people probably wouldn’t bother buying it if the recipes are available here for free =(
maybe you can release a compilation as a follow-up to the first cookbook? XD
salamat, ria. so… including family members, siguro i have around 20 people willing to buy the cookbook when it comes out…??? LOL
Chevee, kasi a book is always better for ready reference…?? Maybe, parang personal picks…
connie, got some good news here ha! i’ll certainly buy that book, kindly email me the title when its out in the market, actually i always browse your site from time to time even during my office hours, its my form of relaxation from programming workloads, actually im at web development firm as of now!
you are really a blessing to mothers even to a young wife like with no kids yet!!! I know God will give it at proper time.
your site looks good too!!! i have my website also, but its more on web development, maybe you could help to gain clients, i know and believe you could.
Uy cookbook by the Sassy Lawyer.
I’ll watch out for it…
hi ria. thank you. am glad i am able to help with the cooking part… am clueless about the client bit. sorry.
thanks, auee. i really need to spend less time in front of the computer and more time in the kitchen hehehehe
hi connie,
i agree w/ chevee, a compilation would be good, as well. i’d buy one, too and probably give it as gifts to friends. we always find basic recipes from the net but almost always buy a cookbook w/ those recipes.
i’m also overseas, i sure hope i can get a copy of a copilation and the one you’re working on.
all the best!
hi, connie! i just googled for “java rice” and i got this website! it’s sooooo cool!
i’m in l.a. but i’ll ask my mom to buy the book for me. and maybe some extra . . . it would make a great gift=)
Glazy
hi connie!
congratulations! will look forward to your book and new recipes. been trying some of your recipes at home, and it’s just a click to the family.
god bless and may your tribe increase!
P.S.
Sana you can sell it online or through ebay.com para mas madaling makabili, especially for us busy moms who does not have much time to go out. thanx!
we’ll see, april. i just spent the entire morning in the kitchen LOL
Glazy and imawniumay, making it available online will be a primary consideration because more than half of my readers are based outside the Philippines.
Wow a cookbook. I will buy! Did you consider asking Anvil Publishing to publish your cookbook. I just launched together with some other mothers a book on Loss of a child. Anvil was quite supportive and we had a successful launch just early this month. I am 100% sure your book will be a success.. I will be there at your book launch. baka you can come up with a cooking demo pa as bonus
hi noemi. anvil has been recommended a number of times. right now, well… my husband has a cousin who’s a publisher so… you know, it kinda takes my mind off a lot of things, allows me to focus more on the cooking and the writing. if it doesn’t fall through though, i will try anvil.
A cookbook! about time, I say
I’ll be in line to buy the first edition!
Well you know how we loved the first chicken w/peas and mushrooms recipe, so we’ll be sure to try this one too.
Thanks, JMom.
Hope you enjoy this one even better than the chicken with peas and mushrooms.
naku, connie! sayang, ngayon ko lang nabasa itong recipe mo! … i had to cook a chicken dish for a family day picnic yesterday… and since i had no idea of another way to cook it other than adobo and afritada, nilagyan ko na lang ng pinya! hahaha… anyway, i will certainly try this chicken and potatoes in lemon-cream sauce…. yummy! inggit ako sa ‘yo, paano ka nakaka-create ng mga sariling recipes? hehe… you’re indeed multi-gifted!
paano nakaka-create… ummm kasi mabilis ako magsawa. same with my kids.
besides, experimenting is fun especially when the result is a success. syempre pag hindi success, nakaka-depress din hehehe
Oh good, a cookbook! Finally! mega suggestion: sana it’ll have more recipes that are not so time consuming…mga 30-40 minute recipes for busy moms like me!
Tina, ideally, a dish should be a kind of throw everything in a pan, leave, then come back when it’s cooked hehehe
hey connie,
regardless of the fact you’ve earned it a million time. i’m going to mention it once again.
fantastic site. hands -down!
you’ve made me feel better about cooking non-repetitive recipes for quite a while now. thanks for that!
anyway, i know this is quite farfetched, but can i use beef broth instead of chicken broth? it’s just that i have a pack of beef broth i have yet used. or will the outcome end up tasting weird? since it is a chicken dish afterall..
and by the way, what do you mean by “a head of garlic” or “a head of onion”? is it similar to “a clove of garlic”?
hope to hear from you!
*heard it a million times, my bad. =)
thank you, les.
re broth. I use whatever I have. Never had complaints before.
A head a a whole whereas a clove is a segment.
thanks for having a blog like yours it’s a big help for me who’s still learning to cook. I’ll pray that you’ll always have time to write so that many could learn from you.
i bought a kilo of lemons in Baguio some weeks ago and have been looking for ways to use it (other than dip it in iced or hot tea). Could i use the lemon peel as lemon zest as well? can’t seem to find lemon zest in the groceries in the alabang-las piñas area. thanks!
looks good I’ll try this tommorow. I’ve been trying some of your recipes and i always get complements. Thank you so much your my saviour
Pinky, here in the US, we use heavy cream. You can by it in any grocery store, so I am sure there’s one there in Vancouver. My favorite brands of heavy creams are from Nestle and Lucerne, because they’re rich and creamy.
Connie, I tried this recipe today and I love it. I think this will be one of my favorite recipe from your blog. Thank you for sharing your ideas to many people. Mabuhay ang pinoy.