Chicken Acapulco Recipe - Cooking Index
4 lbs | 1816g / 64oz | Frying chicken pieces |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Vegetable oil |
1 | Onion - minced | |
2 | Garlic - minced | |
6 | Peppercorns | |
1/2 lb | 227g / 8oz | Chorizo sausage |
2 cups | 474ml | Chicken broth |
1 | Tomatoes and green - chilies | |
3 | Carrots - diced | |
7 | Zucchini - diced | |
1/4 cup | 40g / 1.4oz | Raisins |
3 | Jalapeno peppers | |
Garnish | ||
1 | Orange - halved and | |
Sliced |
In Dutch oven, saute chicken pieces in vegetable oil until browned; remove and set aside. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons grease from pan. Add onion, garlic, and peppercorns. Remove sausage from casing, add to onion mixture and saute for 5 to 7 minutes; drain off grease.
Add chicken broth and tomatoes; simmer, uncovered until sauce is reduced by a third. Return chicken to mixture. Cover and simmer 20 minutes. Add carrots and cook for 5 minutes. Add zucchini, raisins, and peppers; cook for an additional 10 minutes or until chicken is tender and vegetables are crisp-tender. Garnish with orange slices to bring out the sweetness of the raisins.
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