Fricase de Pollo

Name: Fricase de Pollo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cuba
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, jointed; 400g tinned tomatoes; 200ml white wine; 300g potatoes, cubed; 2 onions, diced; 4 cloves garlic; 50g green olives; 2 tbsp capers; 1 tsp cumin; 3 tbsp oil

Cuba

Brought to Cuba from Spain. The olive-caper combination is a Spanish inheritance absorbed into Cuban cuisine.

Cuban chicken fricassee — chicken braised in a rich tomato and wine sauce with olives, capers and potatoes. Old Havana cooking at its most comforting.

Photo: goodiesfirst

Prep

15 mins

Cook

50 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

435 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

1whole chicken, jointed

400gtinned tomatoes

200mlwhite wine

300gpotatoes, cubed

2onions, diced

4 clovesgarlic

50ggreen olives

2 tbspcapers

1 tspcumin

3 tbspoil

Method

Brown chicken. Remove. Fry onion and garlic.

Add tomatoes, wine and cumin. Return chicken. Simmer 20 minutes.

Add potatoes, olives and capers. Cook 20 more minutes.

Chef's Tip

Add the olives and capers near the end — long cooking makes them too salty.

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