Braised Peruvian Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 jalapeno
    1 red onion
    1 red pepper
    8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
    1 tablespoon ground cumin
    2 tablespoons garlic butter, store-bought
    1/2 cup chicken broth
    1 cup baby carrots or 1 carrot, sliced
    1/2 cup cilantro, chopped (about 1 handful)
Preparation
    Finely chop jalapeno, including seeds.
    Slice onion into wedges.
    Thickly slice pepper.
    Cut each chicken thigh into 2 or 3 bite-sized pieces and place chicken in a bowl. Sprinkle chicken with cumin and pinches of salt and toss to coat.
    Melt garlic butter in a large pot over medium-high heat.
    When hot, add half of chicken and cook until light golden, (1 to 2 min per side).
    Remove to a plate and repeat with remaining chicken, adding more garlic butter if needed.
    When all chicken is removed, add broth to pot.
    Using a wooden spoon, scrape up and stir in any bits from pot bottom.
    Add jalapeno, onion, pepper and carrots.
    Return chicken and any juices to pot and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low.
    Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is springy when pressed, (10 to 12 min).
    Sprinkle with cilantro.
    If you like a thicker sauce, ladle chicken and veg into bowls and boil sauce until reduced slightly, (3 to 4 min).
    Spoon over chicken.
    Serve with rice.

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