Reply #9: Chicken a la Surprise

[Ediacara]

GNOCCHIS
2 potatoes mashed
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour (may need more)
rosemary, chopped

CHICKEN AND SAUCE
4 chicken thighs cut into large pieces
2 tbl. olive oil
3 honey tangerines (or similar VERY sweet oranges)
1/2 white onion
1/2 cup brown sugar

1) Make the gnocchis first

2) on a very large cutting board (or your counter-top) make a mound of flour, with a crater in the center. Add potatoes and eggs to crater gradually kneeding the dough. Add chopped rosemary. If the dough is sticky add flour until it's between cookie dough and bread dough in thickness.

3) Pull off sections of dough and roll them out into snakes. Cut the snakes into one inch segments and roll the segments with your thumb lengthwise. They should look similar to red blood cells.

4) Put the gnocchis on a cookie sheet or a cutting board and then stick them in the freezer.

5) In a large frying pan heat oil. Add chicken and fry on medium heat.

5b) Start a large kettle of water boiling.

6) Chop onion and add it to the chicken.

7) Juice the tangerines, and add the juice to the chicken. Slowly add the brown sugar. Simmer.

8) Take gnocchis out of the freezer. They should be partially frozen, which is perfect. Add them one at a time (they splash, so don't dump them in all at once) to the boiling water. When the gnocchis are finished cooking, they'll float. This should take just a few minutes.

9) Drain water from gnocchis, and serve with chicken and sauce.