Name: Cuban Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 chicken legs, 3-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 chicken legs; 2 tablespoons kosher salt (approx); 1 tablespoon black pepper (approx); 1 tablespoon garlic powder (approx); 2 tablespoons oil; 3 -4 tablespoons sofrito sauce; 6 manzanilla olives

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Recipe by Krystal-Belle

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This chicken is oh, so good! I like to use dark meat (legs prefferably, or thighs), but I'm sure that it would be good with leaner cuts if chicken as well.

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ingredients

6 chicken legs
2 tablespoons kosher salt (approx)
1 tablespoon black pepper (approx)
1 tablespoon garlic powder (approx)
2 tablespoons oil
3 -4 tablespoons sofrito sauce
6 manzanilla olives

directions

Season chicken with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder (to taste).
Meanwhile, heat a shallow pan over medium heat and add oil.
Brown chicken in pan on both sides.
Once chicken is browned, add in sofrito and turn chicken to coat all sides in the sauce. Reduce heat to a medium-low setting.
With the side of a knife, crush olives and put into pan with chicken. Cook for about 15 minutes, turning chicken every few minutes until it is done.
This is best served with white rice as you will have some of the sofrito mixture left over to put over your rice. YUM-O!

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review by babytoothdoc

4/13/2014

I made this tonight for dinner with yellow rice and black beans. It was a hit! Easy and delicious! I used less salt because the olives are salty. Thanks for sharing.

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review by LaReinita

5/17/2012

The flavor was good, but WAAAYY too salty. After seeing the 2 tablespoons of Kosher salt...I was like "huh?" So, I only added one and was nervous about that....oh my god...I drank 2 bottles of water with dinner just washing down the salt from the chicken. Next time, I will skip the salt altogether and maybe add some cumin.

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review by Uniqleeme

2/13/2010

Who knew I could cook such a great Cuban dish! Everyone really enjoyed it. We used sliced salad olives, next time I will go for the manzanilla olives, and there will be a for-sure next time, yum!

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review by TammieV

11/29/2009

Nice Recipe. It required minimal ingredients and was easy to follow. DH and the kids enjoyed it. The sauce might help make a good swiss steak too. Plan to try it next. Thanks!

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review by Ang11002

10/26/2009

I made this last night and they turned out very yummy! My friend had a piece and he liked it alot. I definitely had to increase the cook time though. The olives and sofrito worked great together. Gracias :)

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