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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3 ½ cups chicken breast
1 
4 tablespoons 
2 tablespoons chilli spices
3 ½ cups peeled and chopped tomatoes
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1 
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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 4 tablespoons oil and when hot add the chicken and 2 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 3 ½ cups peeled and chopped tomatoes, 1 bayleaf and 1 garlic clove, 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 |
| 1,766 Kcal or 7,394 Kj | 150 gr | 46 gr | 109 gr |
| 88 % | 58 % | 4 % | 17 % |
| 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 4 people : 16.36 €
- 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: Pissaladière with puff pastry, Sunday night pasta, Rice à l'italienne, Sausages with baked beans, French style, Sausage rougail, ... All |
 | Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Greek salad with chicken, Chinese style chicken, Couscous, Chicken and avocado bagels, Warm chicken salad, ... All |
 | Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beef Wellington, Comtois surprise bread, Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, Fillet of beef in a rosemary crust, Cocotte eggs with Comté, ... All |
 | Chilli spices: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spicy seafood plancha, Taos hotpot, Enchiladas, Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts, Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, ... All |
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