{"id":2012,"date":"2015-02-23T21:37:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T02:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipephany.com\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2021-07-10T14:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T18:09:43","slug":"oscars-2015-imitation-game-or-rabbit-out-of-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/recipephany.com\/?p=2012","title":{"rendered":"Oscars 2015: Imitation Game (or, &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; Out of the Woods)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best-picture nominee <em>The Imitation Game<\/em> handed me this pun on a platter for Oscars Night 2015. This recipe for Sicilian sweet-and-sour rabbit marinated in red wine and simmered with pine nuts, golden raisins, olives and capers made a tender and deliciously drunken stew with chunks of chicken thighs. Alongside it, we served Grand Goudapesto Rotelle, a baked casserole of corkscrew pasta tossed with basil pesto and grated gouda. It was all much more satisfying than the half-baked Oscars show.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see below, Oscar himself is reading up on our <em>Variety Boffo Buffet<\/em>, which included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Tequila of Everything Margarita with Eddie Redmayne Pomegranate Juice (to honor National Margarita Day)<\/li>\n<li>Birdmanchego Cheese<\/li>\n<li>Rosamund Pickles<\/li>\n<li>German Code Crackers<\/li>\n<li>American Snippets<\/li>\n<li>Emma Stone Crab Tarts<\/li>\n<li>Mark Ruffalo Mozzarella<\/li>\n<li>Benedict Cucumberbatch with Feta Knightly<\/li>\n<li>Julienne Moore Stir Fry<\/li>\n<li>Citizenfour Leeks<\/li>\n<li>Breadly Cooper<\/li>\n<li>Selma-lina King Cake<\/li>\n<li>Cool Whiplash<\/li>\n<li>BoyHoodsies to Eat Witherspoon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Imitation Game, or Sicilian &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; Stew with Chicken Thighs<a href=\"http:\/\/test.recipephany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Oscar-paper.fw1_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2027\" title=\"Oscar paper.fw1\" src=\"http:\/\/test.recipephany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Oscar-paper.fw1_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/recipephany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Oscar-paper.fw1_.png 250w, http:\/\/recipephany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Oscar-paper.fw1_-125x300.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups red wine<\/li>\n<li>4 small or medium onions, 2 in quarters and 2 finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste<\/li>\n<li>Pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup golden raisins<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>6 \u00a0tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>2 stalks celery, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00a0clove garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 \u00a0tablespoons tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup pine nuts<\/li>\n<li>20 small green olives, pitted, and broken into pieces<\/li>\n<li>2\u00a0tablespoons capers<\/li>\n<li>1 two-cup chicken bouillon cube, and water as required<\/li>\n<li>1\u00a0tablespoon honey, or more to taste<\/li>\n<li>3\u00a0tablespoons red wine vinegar, or more to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1. In a large bowl, combine the wine, onion quarters, 1 teaspoon salt, and some twists of the pepper mill. Cut chicken thighs into about 1-inch chunks, submerge in the marinade, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 to 3 hours.<\/p>\n<p>2. In another bowl, pour warm water over the raisins, just enough to cover them, and set aside to plump.<\/p>\n<p>3. Drain the chicken well and remove the onion. On a sheet of wax paper, combine flour, 1\/2 teaspoon salt, and another few twists of the pepper mill. Roll chicken chunks in the mixture and shake off excess.<\/p>\n<p>4. Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan or pot. Saut\u00e9e the chicken chunks until lightly brown, about 2 minutes. The flour will tend to stick to the pan, but that is okay as long as you do not let it burn. Dark brown is okay.<\/p>\n<p>5. Remove chicken and set aside. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pan or pot. Add chopped onion, celery and garlic. Cook, stirring well, for 5 minutes or until onion softens, making sure not to burn flour on the bottom of the pan.<\/p>\n<p>6. Return chicken to the pot. Add raisins and water, tomato paste, pine nuts, olives and capers.\u00a0Add the bouillon cube and enough water to barely cover the stew. Bring to a boil. stirring well to deglaze the pan and mix in any flour stuck to the bottom. This will thicken the sauce. Simmer for about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>7. Add vinegar and honey and continue simmering for 15 minutes more or until done. You can continue to cook to reduce sauce about as long as you want, as the meat will stay tender and the flavors will blend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best-picture nominee The Imitation Game handed me this pun on a platter for Oscars Night 2015. This recipe for Sicilian sweet-and-sour rabbit marinated in red wine and simmered with pine nuts, golden raisins, olives and capers made a tender and deliciously drunken stew with chunks of chicken thighs. Alongside it, we served Grand Goudapesto Rotelle, a baked casserole of corkscrew pasta tossed with basil pesto and grated gouda. It was all much more satisfying than the half-baked Oscars show. As you can see below, Oscar himself is reading up on our Variety Boffo Buffet, which included: The Tequila of Everything Margarita with Eddie Redmayne Pomegranate Juice (to honor National Margarita Day) Birdmanchego Cheese Rosamund Pickles German Code Crackers American Snippets Emma Stone Crab Tarts Mark Ruffalo Mozzarella Benedict Cucumberbatch with Feta Knightly Julienne Moore Stir Fry Citizenfour Leeks Breadly Cooper Selma-lina King Cake Cool Whiplash BoyHoodsies to Eat Witherspoon Imitation Game, or Sicilian &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; Stew with Chicken Thighs 1 1\/2 cups red wine 4 small or medium onions, 2 in quarters and 2 finely chopped 1 1\/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste Pepper, to taste 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1\/3 cup golden raisins 1\/2 cup flour 6 \u00a0tablespoons olive oil 2 stalks celery, finely chopped 1 \u00a0clove garlic, minced 2 \u00a0tablespoons tomato paste 1\/3 cup pine nuts 20 small green olives, pitted, and broken into pieces 2\u00a0tablespoons capers 1 two-cup chicken bouillon cube, and water as required 1\u00a0tablespoon honey, or more to taste 3\u00a0tablespoons red wine vinegar, or more to taste 1. In a large bowl, combine the wine, onion quarters, 1 teaspoon salt, and some twists of the pepper mill. Cut chicken thighs into about 1-inch chunks, submerge in the marinade, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 to 3 hours. 2. In another bowl, pour warm water over the raisins, just enough to cover them, and set aside to plump. 3. Drain the chicken well and remove the onion. On a sheet of wax paper, combine flour, 1\/2 teaspoon salt, and another few twists of the pepper mill. Roll chicken chunks in the mixture and shake off excess. 4. Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan or pot. Saut\u00e9e the chicken chunks until lightly brown, about 2 minutes. The flour will tend to stick to the pan, but that is okay as long as you do not let it burn. Dark brown is okay. 5. Remove chicken and set aside. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pan or pot. Add chopped onion, celery and garlic. Cook, stirring well, for 5 minutes or until onion softens, making sure not to burn flour on the bottom of the pan. 6. Return chicken to the pot. Add raisins and water, tomato paste, pine nuts, olives and capers.\u00a0Add the bouillon cube and enough water to barely cover the stew. Bring to a boil. stirring well to deglaze the pan and mix in any flour stuck to the bottom. This will thicken the sauce. Simmer for about 30 minutes. 7. Add vinegar and honey and continue simmering for 15 minutes more or until done. You can continue to cook to reduce sauce about as long as you want, as the meat will stay tender and the flavors will blend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[224,225,226,223,222,227],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicken","category-other","tag-imitation-game","tag-oscars-dinner-2015","tag-oscars-menu-2015","tag-rabbit-a-stimpirata","tag-rabbit-stew-with-chicken-thighs","tag-sicilian-rabbit-stew-using-chicken-thighs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oscars 2015: Imitation Game (or, &quot;Rabbit&quot; Out of the Woods) - Recipephany<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/recipephany.com\/?p=2012\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oscars 2015: Imitation Game (or, &quot;Rabbit&quot; Out of the Woods) - Recipephany\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Best-picture nominee The Imitation Game handed me this pun on a platter for Oscars Night 2015. This recipe for Sicilian sweet-and-sour rabbit marinated in red wine and simmered with pine nuts, golden raisins, olives and capers made a tender and deliciously drunken stew with chunks of chicken thighs. Alongside it, we served Grand Goudapesto Rotelle, a baked casserole of corkscrew pasta tossed with basil pesto and grated gouda. It was all much more satisfying than the half-baked Oscars show. As you can see below, Oscar himself is reading up on our Variety Boffo Buffet, which included: The Tequila of Everything Margarita with Eddie Redmayne Pomegranate Juice (to honor National Margarita Day) Birdmanchego Cheese Rosamund Pickles German Code Crackers American Snippets Emma Stone Crab Tarts Mark Ruffalo Mozzarella Benedict Cucumberbatch with Feta Knightly Julienne Moore Stir Fry Citizenfour Leeks Breadly Cooper Selma-lina King Cake Cool Whiplash BoyHoodsies to Eat Witherspoon Imitation Game, or Sicilian &#8220;Rabbit&#8221; Stew with Chicken Thighs 1 1\/2 cups red wine 4 small or medium onions, 2 in quarters and 2 finely chopped 1 1\/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste Pepper, to taste 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1\/3 cup golden raisins 1\/2 cup flour 6 \u00a0tablespoons olive oil 2 stalks celery, finely chopped 1 \u00a0clove garlic, minced 2 \u00a0tablespoons tomato paste 1\/3 cup pine nuts 20 small green olives, pitted, and broken into pieces 2\u00a0tablespoons capers 1 two-cup chicken bouillon cube, and water as required 1\u00a0tablespoon honey, or more to taste 3\u00a0tablespoons red wine vinegar, or more to taste 1. In a large bowl, combine the wine, onion quarters, 1 teaspoon salt, and some twists of the pepper mill. Cut chicken thighs into about 1-inch chunks, submerge in the marinade, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 to 3 hours. 2. In another bowl, pour warm water over the raisins, just enough to cover them, and set aside to plump. 3. Drain the chicken well and remove the onion. On a sheet of wax paper, combine flour, 1\/2 teaspoon salt, and another few twists of the pepper mill. Roll chicken chunks in the mixture and shake off excess. 4. Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan or pot. Saut\u00e9e the chicken chunks until lightly brown, about 2 minutes. The flour will tend to stick to the pan, but that is okay as long as you do not let it burn. Dark brown is okay. 5. Remove chicken and set aside. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pan or pot. Add chopped onion, celery and garlic. 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This recipe for Sicilian sweet-and-sour rabbit marinated in red wine and simmered with pine nuts, golden raisins, olives and capers made a tender and deliciously drunken stew with chunks of chicken thighs. Alongside it, we served Grand Goudapesto Rotelle, a baked casserole of corkscrew pasta tossed with basil pesto and grated gouda. It was all much more satisfying than the half-baked Oscars show. 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In a large bowl, combine the wine, onion quarters, 1 teaspoon salt, and some twists of the pepper mill. Cut chicken thighs into about 1-inch chunks, submerge in the marinade, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 to 3 hours. 2. In another bowl, pour warm water over the raisins, just enough to cover them, and set aside to plump. 3. Drain the chicken well and remove the onion. On a sheet of wax paper, combine flour, 1\/2 teaspoon salt, and another few twists of the pepper mill. Roll chicken chunks in the mixture and shake off excess. 4. Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan or pot. Saut\u00e9e the chicken chunks until lightly brown, about 2 minutes. The flour will tend to stick to the pan, but that is okay as long as you do not let it burn. Dark brown is okay. 5. Remove chicken and set aside. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pan or pot. Add chopped onion, celery and garlic. 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