Canary's Ropa Vieja (Old Clothes) - Spanish Chicken Comfort Food
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- chicken meat from the stock, cut into medium size pieces
- 1-2 carrots from the stock (Or fresh if not available)
- 354.88 ml chickpeas, either from the stock or 354.88 ml canned chickpeas
- 1 onion
- 4.92 ml cayenne pepper
- 1-2 bay leaf
- 3-4 medium potatoes, chopped into 1-inch cubes
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 2-3 medium sized tomatoes
- 1 medium green pepper (or red)
- 29.58 ml dried parsley (If you have fresh even better!)
- oil (for frying)
- salt
- pepper
- 236.59 ml tomato sauce (optional)
directions
- Fry potatoes in 2 or 3 Tb of oil till tender on medium heat in a non-stick frying pan, cover, and give an occasional stir till soft and golden.
- In the mean time, put tomatoes in boiling water and leave for 1 minute.
- Discard boiling water and put tomatoes in cold water, leave for 1 minute.
- Peal tomatoes and dice.
- Chop onion and set to fry in a separate pot.
- Chop green/red pepper and add to pot.
- Add half the garlic to the pot and diced tomatoes.
- Add parsley and cayenne pepper to pot.
- In a separate non stick pan, fry remaining garlic till golden with chick peas.
- Add carrots to the pot, and chick peas and garlic from the second pan.
- On the pan where the chick peas were, place chicken with at least 1 Tb of salt. It will generate some liquid, let this evaporate and stir till crispy and golden. (Note that it will tend to break into strings).
- Transfer chicken and potatoes to the pot.
- Add tomato sauce if desired.
- Add pepper to taste and check for saltiness.
- Enjoy.
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