Chicken "cantina"
Chicken cantina is a simple recipe for spicy chicken with onions and tomatoes, served with rice, red beans or both.
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Last modified on: March 10th 2024
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2 kgs 100 g chicken breast
3 
12 tablespoons 
6 tablespoons chilli spices
2 kgs 400 g peeled and chopped tomatoes
3 
3 
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 10 min. | 27 min. | 37 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
In a large frying pan over high heat, pour in 12 tablespoons oil and when hot add the chicken and 6 tablespoons chilli spices.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Brown, stirring occasionally, then add the onion, season with salt and pepper, and mix well.
Cook together for 1 or 2 minutes.
Cook together for 1 or 2 minutes.
Stage 5 - 20 min.
Add 2 kgs 400 g peeled and chopped tomatoes, 3 bayleaves and 3 cloves garlic, salt and pepper again, and stir.
Lower the heat and cook gently, reducing slightly, for 15 to 20 minutes.
Lower the heat and cook gently, reducing slightly, for 15 to 20 minutes.
Stage 6
Check the seasoning, then remove and discard the garlic and bay leaf.
Serve with rice, kidney beans or vegetables of your choice.
Serve with rice, kidney beans or vegetables of your choice.
Remarks
You can replace the bay leaf with a bouquet garni, for a more delicate taste.
Feel free to adapt the quantity of spices to your taste.
Feel free to adapt the quantity of spices to your taste.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 5,298 Kcal or 22,182 Kj | 451 gr | 138 gr | 327 gr |
| 265 % | 173 % | 13 % | 50 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 102 Kcal or 427 Kj | 9 gr | 3 gr | 6 gr |
| 5 % | 3 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 441 Kcal or 1,846 Kj | 38 gr | 12 gr | 27 gr |
| 22 % | 14 % | 1 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 49.09 €
- Per person : 4.09 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Peeled and chopped tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sausage rougail, Sunday night pasta, Pissaladière with puff pastry, Polpete, Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise", ... All |
 | Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Coq au vin, Vol-au-vent, Chicken nems, Chinese Soup, Paella, ... All |
 | Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Roquefort sauce, Bourguignon potatoes , Gratin du Nord, Bistro celery salad, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, ... All |
 | Chilli spices: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Chicano burger, Nachos, Tex-Mex chicken burger, Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts, ... All |
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