This quick and easy Spanish chicken recipe makes the perfect mid-week meal. It also freezes well, so go on and double the recipe and save some for later!
Delicious pollo con tomate. Photo by Frédérique Voisin-Demery on flickr cc.
Here in Spain, you don’t find much chicken on restaurant menus outside of the Catalonia region. Spain is all about pork — with beef, lamb, and goat also popular. But chicken is eaten quite a lot at home, and the free-range corn-fed chickens available in the local markets are some of the best you can find.
This simple Spanish chicken with tomato sauce recipe is a popular homemade dish that uses ingredients most Spaniards have on hand. You can use chicken drumsticks or chicken breasts — really whatever you prefer.
Pollo Con Tomate Recipe
Spanish Chicken with Tomato Sauce (Pollo con Tomate)
Ingredients
- 8 drumsticks you can substitute chicken breasts if you prefer
- 1 red pepper diced
- 1 onion diced
- 4 ripe tomatoes diced (or 2 cans of whole tomatoes, diced)
- 5 cloves of garlic minced
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- Flour
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper, and lightly dust with flour
- Heat a heavy skillet (cast iron or stainless steel is ideal) with a couple of tablespoons of olive oil
- Sear the chicken on all sides until golden
- Add the onion, garlic and pepper and sauté for about one minute
- Add the chicken stock and bring to a simmer
- Simmer for 5 minutes, or until reduced by half
- Add the diced tomatoes and bring to a simmer
- Cover for 10 minutes (or until the chicken is fully cooked)
- Remove the lid and let the sauce reduce over a very low simmer if it's still too thin
- Take off the heat and let the dish sit for at least 30 minutes for best flavor (as with any stew, overnight is even better!)
- Serve with rice or with your favorite potato dish
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What’s your favorite Spanish chicken recipe?
