Chicken in tomato sauce from Zakynthos

Name: Chicken in tomato sauce from Zakynthos
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg chicken portions (of one whole chicken or just the part that you prefer); 1 large dry onion, grated; 1 can tomatoes grated or tomato purée; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 10-15 pimento grains; 1 chicken stock cube; 4 full tbsp fresh butter for cooking; 1/2 cup brandy or red wine; Pepper; Salt

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Greece

A fast and easy recipe for chicken in tomato sauce that however many other complicated recipes you try, you won't get such a tasty result as this.

Recipe by Aesop

A fast and easy recipe for chicken in tomato sauce that however many other complicated recipes you try, you won't get such a tasty result as this.

Recipe by Aesop

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

A fast and easy recipe for chicken in tomato sauce that however many other complicated recipes you try, you won't get such a tasty result as this.

Recipe by Aesop

A fast and easy recipe for chicken in tomato sauce that however many other complicated recipes you try, you won't get such a tasty result as this.

Recipe by Aesop

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Ingredients

5 servings

1 1/2 kgchicken portions (of one whole chicken or just the part that you prefer)
1large dry onion, grated
1 cantomatoes grated or tomato purée
1 tbsptomato paste
1 tspsugar
1cinnamon stick
10-15pimento grains
1chicken stock cube
4full tbsp fresh butter for cooking
1/2 cupbrandy or red wine
Pepper
Salt

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Steps

1

Wash the portions. Dry to remove whatever liquids are left over from washing.
2

Salt and pepper thoroughly and then sauté in the butter until they brown on all sides.
3

Add the onion and when it is tender deglaze with cognac and scrape of the bottom of the pot to remove the little bits of meat and skin that are stuck there from sautéing.
4

Add the rest of the ingredients, salt, pepper according to taste and let everything boil for a couple of minutes.
5

Add as much water as is necessary to just cover the chicken and cook over medium fire until only the sauce is left.
6

Serve with fried potatoes, pasta with plenty of cheese, rice or purée and bon appetit.