Chakhokhbili

by Tom Ashworth

6 servings

Onion and Tomato Base

• ≈ 27 gsunflower or olive oil
• ≈ 440 gyellow onions
• kosher salt
• ≈ 9 ggarlic
• black pepper
• ≈ 910 glarge tomatoes
• kosher salt (a generous pinch)
• sugar, if the tomatoes are sharp

Chicken

• ≈ 41 gsunflower or olive oil
• 2040 gwhole chicken, cut into 12 to 16 pieces
• ≈ 78 gdry white wine, such as sauvignon blanc
• 2 gkhmeli suneli
• ≈ 0.5 gred pepper flakes
• salt and black pepper
• ≈ 16 gfresh cilantro, leaves and stems
• ≈ 30 gflat-leaf parsley leaves
• ≈ 11 gfresh basil leaves
• ≈ 6 ggarlic