Tastes Like Chicken! Recipes
(From Chicken Recipes Compiled Since 1992)

Chicken with Red Peppers (Pollo a la Chilindron)

Category: Main Dishes

Servings: 6

Description: 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:

1. 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.