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Argentinan Portuguese Chicken

Here's how you make Argentinan Portuguese Chicken
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 9m
  • Cook: 60m
  • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 pounds whole chicken, cut up
  • 1/8 cup olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • 2 cups onion, sliced
  • 2 cups red bell pepper, sliced
  • 28 ounces tomatoes, crushed (1 can)
  • 1/8 cup white wine
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 2 pounds potatoes, peeled, chopped
  • 15 ounces peas (1 can)
  • Seasonings
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground chili pepper
  • 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chives, minced
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Cut the chicken into 8 pieces, and in a deep pot heat the oil with the butter and brown them on all sides, doing it in batches if necessary.

  • Step 2: Once done, return all the pieces to the pot and add the onion and the bell peppers cut into julienne strips, and carrots and cook for 5 minutes.

  • Step 3: Add the wine, and add a little more oil in the pot if needed and sauté the vegetables .

  • Step 4: Season to taste with ground chili and sweet paprika.

  • Step 5: Stir to deglaze the bottom.

  • Step 6: When the alcohol evaporates, add the broth and the crushed tomato.

  • Step 7: Add the bay leaf, and the chopped potatoes, and cover the pan.

  • Step 8: Cook approximately 15 minutes.

  • Step 9: Add the peas and cook 5 more minutes.

  • Step 10: Season to taste.

  • Step 11: Serve and decorate with parsley and finely chopped chives.


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