Cuban Chicken Fricassee – tender marinated chicken simmered in a flavorful sauce – This is the ultimate comfort food. Easy and perfect for Nomads…

Cuban Chicken Fricassee
Cuban Chicken Fricassee – tender marinated chicken simmered in a flavorful sauce – This is the ultimate comfort food. Easy and perfect for Nomads…
Ingredients
Method
- Make marinade by putting all ingredients into a small blender such as a Nutribullet ©. Blend well until garlic is pureed and marinade is well emulsified. (or whisk well)
- Wash and pat dry chicken pieces and place in a large plastic bag. Pour all of the marinade into the bag and seal tightly. Place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours (we do this part the day before and marinade for 24 hours).
- Make the Seasoning Blend. Whisk all ingredients until well combined. Store in a glass jar. We make a large amount of this to always have on hand.
- Remove chicken from marinade and pat dry. It is important to make sure that the chicken is dry, or the oil will splatter.
- Sprinkle ½ tsp. of the salt over the chicken.
- Heat the olive oil in a large heavy bottom pan or pot (we love our cast iron or enamel coated cast iron).
- Brown chicken 2 minutes per side. Remove chicken and set aside. Do this in small batches, so the temperature of oil does not fluctuate.
- In the same pan/pot, sauté diced onion and green pepper until translucent.
- Add garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add ¾ cup of wine and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add Spice Blend, cumin, olives, capers, salt, pepper, tomato sauce, water, and ½ c wine. Stir well.
- Add chicken back to the pan/pot and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add potatoes. Simmer for another 25 minutes.
- Add peas. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Serve with rice. Buen Provecho!