Chicken with Red Peppers (Pollo a la Chilindron)
Fresh red peppers and prosciutto flavor this lightly fried chicken.
Ingredients
- 2 T vegetable or olive oil
- 3 to 3 1/2 lb broiler-fryer whole chicken, cut up
- 1 med onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 3 med red bell peppers, cut into thin strips
- 2 med tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 C chopped prosciutto (about 2 oz)
- 1 t salt
- 1/4 t pepper
- Ripe or Kalamata olives (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oil in 12-inch skillet until hot.
- Cook chicken over medium heat until brown on all sides, about 15 minutes.
- Remove chicken.
- Cook and stir onion and garlic in oil until onion is tender.
- Stir in remaining ingredients.
- Heat to boiling.
- Reduce heat.
- Return chicken to skillet.
- Simmer, uncovered, turning chicken pieces occasionally, until thickest pieces of chicken are done, about 40 minutes.
- Remove chicken to warm platter and keep warm.
- Cook and stir sauce over medium heat until very thick, about 5 minutes.
- Serve over chicken.
- Garnish with olives.