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Pollo criollo en cazuela (mom's farm style chicken)

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Ingredients:
3 lbsRoasting chicken
Cut into quarters or serving
Pieces, or
3 lbsChicken breasts and thighs
Salt and fresh ground pepper
To taste
3 Cloves garlic -- 3 to 4
Cloves
1/2 tspGround cumin
1/2 cupSour orange juice -- Seville
Oranges
Or ?cup sweet orange
Juice mixed
With 1/8 cup each fresh lime
And
Lemon juice
1/4 cupOlive oil -- or vegetable
Oil
1/2 cupDry sherry
1 largeOnion -- thinly sliced
1/2 cupChicken stock -- or canned
Broth
1 tbspFlour -- optional
2 tbspFresh parsley -- finely
Chopped
Procedures:
1Wash the chicken, pat it dry with papper towels, and season liberally with salt and pepper.
2In a mortar, crush the garlic into a paste with the cumin and rub the garlic paste into the chicken.
3Place the chicken in a nonreactive bowl; pour the orange juice over it, cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
4Remove the chicken from the marinade (reserving the marinade) and pat dry.
5In a heavy-bottomed pan, heat the oil over medium heat until fragrant, then brown the chicken on all sides.
6Add the reserved marinade, the sherry, onion, and stock, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the chicken is fork tender, 35 to 45 minutess.
7Transfer the chicken to a serving platter.
8Strain the sauce through a colander and return it with the flour to the pan.
9Cook the sauce over low heat, stirring, until it has thickened, 5 to 6 minutes, correct the seasonings, pour over the chicken, and garnish with the parsley