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“Capered” Chicken

Pollo Alcaparrado
Recipe from Season 5, Mexico —One Plate at a Time
Servings: 4to 6
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Ingredients

  • 6 chicken breast halves, with bone and skin
  • 3tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
  • 2medium white onions, thinly sliced
  • 128-ounce can diced tomatoes (preferably fire-roasted)
  • 10 yellow chiles such as Hungarian wax or banana (hot or mild), roasted, peeled, seeded and sliced into 1/4-inch strips
  • 1/8teaspoon cloves, preferably freshly ground
  • 1/2teaspoon black pepper, preferably freshly ground
  • 1/2cup coarsely chopped pitted green olives, preferably manzanillos
  • 1/3cup drained coarsely chopped large capers, plus 1 tablespoon of their brine
  • 1/4cup raisins
  • Salt, about 1/2 teaspoon

Instructions

Dry the chicken with paper towels. In a large (8- to 9-quart) Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high. Lay in the chicken in a single layer and brown on all sides; remove.

Reduce the heat to medium, scoop in the onions and cook, stirring regularly, until nicely golden, about 7 minutes. Add the tomatoes and chiles, cover and cook 5 minutes. Uncover and cook until thick and very reduced (it'll be as thick as tomato paste). Add the spices, olives, capers, brine, raisins and 3 cups water.

When the mixture returns to the boil, nestle in the breasts, partially cover and cook 20 minutes, until the meat is cooked clear to the bone. Taste and season with salt, spoon everything into a warm, deep serving platter, sprinkle with a few extra olives and capers, then carry to the table.

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Comments

  1. We make, capered chicken, and it was absulutly, wonderfull, thank you Rick, I’m from mexico, and I never seen any one to love mexican food, the way you do! Thank you for shering all you culinary wisdom, God bless.

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