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Chicken Fricassee- Fricasé de Pollo

This is a popular Cuban dish.

Time1 hour
Yield5 to 6 people
Recipe of Chicken Fricassee- Fricasé de Pollo by maylen

Ingredients

  • Chicken Drumsticks (I bought 12)
  • Red potatoes (3 large or 6 medium)
  • Tomato sauce (1 large can)
  • Yellow onion (medium to large size) cut lengthwise
  • Garlic (4 to 6 cloves) mince it
  • Complete seasoning
  • Rice (2 cups)
  • White cooking wine ( optional) pour 1 tbsp
  • Cooking oil (1 TBSP)
  • Red bell pepper (1 whole) Cut lengthwise

Steps

  1. Marinate the chicken with complete seasoning, garlic, and onion. You may let it marinate over night for more flavor or a few hours (2-4) in the refrigerator.
  2. Add cooking oil, marinated chicken and pepper to a cooking pot. Cover and cook in medium to low heat turning occasionally so that all sides cook. Add optional white cooking wine once meat starts bleeding and when some parts stop looking raw.
  3. Start cooking the rice in a separate pot or instant rice pot. Any rice will do. I like using parboil rice for this dish.
  4. Add tomato sauce to the chicken ,stir and cover. Lower the heat a bit so that the chicken doesn’t burn and maintains a good amount of the sauce.
  5. You can peel and add the potatoes at this point. Potatoes take a bit to soften so a trick that I was taught is to place the potatoes in a microwaveable dish and cover almost to the top with water. Cook for 15 minutes and this will save a lot of time. Add the semi cooked potatoes to the pot with the chicken, stir and cover so that the potatoes are submerged in the sauce.
  6. Continue cooking in medium to low heat until chicken is done and potatoes are soft.
  7. Once rice is done add the chicken with the sauce and potatoes on top of the rice. Serve with a side of tostones or sweet plantains😋