Shchips

// Ingredients

• Chicken — 1.2 kg
• Plain flour — 3 tbsp
• Butter — 50 g
• Onion — 1
• Garlic — 4 cloves
• Ground red pepper — 1 tsp
• Salt, black pepper
• To serve: pasta (firm millet porridge)

// Method

1. 01Simmer the chicken in salted water until cooked, 40–50 minutes. Strain the broth.
2. 02Melt the butter and fry the flour in it until nut-brown, stirring constantly.
3. 03Add the finely chopped onion and red pepper and warm through for a minute.
4. 04Gradually pour in the hot broth, whisking out lumps, until it is like thin cream. Simmer for 10 minutes.
5. 05Stir in the crushed garlic and season. Joint the chicken and warm it in the sauce.
6. 06Serve with pasta — slices of firm millet porridge.