Chicken in Sauce

Ingredients

• manteca (lard)
• 1 chicken
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 sprig parsley
• 1 leaf bay leaf
• 1 sprig thyme
• 1 onion
• a pinch nutmeg
• caldo (broth)
• 1 glass sherry
• 1 egg yolk

Instructions

1. Heat the lard until very hot and season with salt. Add the chicken pieces along with the garlic, parsley, bay leaf, thyme, onion, and nutmeg. Turn the pieces frequently until they take on color.
2. Add the caldo (broth) and sherry. Cook until the chicken is done.
3. Pass the sauce through a fine sieve. If desired, thicken it by stirring in an egg yolk that has been diluted in a little caldo.