How to make Spanish Chicken Chilindrón | One Pot Recipe - Pollo al Chilindrón

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Breast is leaner, drumsticks are often less expensive.

white wine

🥗Healthier: white grape juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Grape juice adds sweetness without alcohol, vinegar is cost-effective.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier, vegetable oil is budget-friendly.

red bell peppers

🥗Healthier: yellow bell peppers

💰Cheaper: canned bell peppers

Yellow peppers have similar taste, canned are often cheaper.

Add around half of the olive oil to a hot pan.

Add chicken, season with some salt, and brown chicken on all sides. This should take 5-8 minutes on medium-high heat. Add the sliced garlic around the last minute. Once the chicken is browned evenly, remove from the pan and set aside.

Add the onions and remaining oil to the pan on medium heat and saute for 3-4 minutes until golden.

Add the diced bell pepper and saute for another 3-4 minutes before adding the garlic, stirring occasionally.

Add the grated tomato and Serrano ham and stir through.

Reduce heat to medium and allow to simmer for 20 minutes. Most of the liquid will dissolve, don’t worry, we add more liquid in the next step.

Scrape some space in the pan and add a splash more oil, then add the spices and stir into the oil constantly for 1 minute, allowing some of the sauce juices to absorb while stirring. Once the spices are absorbed by the oil, stir through the tomato and other veg.

Add the white wine and stir through. If the sauce still looks dry, add a little water. Simmer for 5 minutes.

Reduce heat to low, add the browned chicken pieces to the pan, and cover them in sauce. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.

Remove the cover and drizzle some of the juices from the bottom over the chicken, simmer for an additional 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. When cooked properly, the chicken should be tender and start to fall off the bone.

Cooking Techniques

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