Sajta de Pollo (traditional chicken stew)  Ingredients:       1 medium chicken (1,1/2 kilos)    3 onions       1/2 cup hot yellow chili    1 garlic clove       1/2 cup peeled sweet peas    2 tablespoons oil       1 tablespoon sugar    salt, pepper, ground cumin (amount desired)       8 large potatoes    2 tomatoes

Preparation:

1.- Cut the chicken in 8 pieces and wash well. 2.- Heat oil in a pot and brown the onion finely chopped. When they become transparent. Blend the chili in blender with a little water and add to the pot with the chopped garlic. 3.- Add sweet peas and cook. At this point, there should be a creamy light sauce cooking in the pot. 4.- Place chicken pieces in the pot and add 2 cups of water. Cook until tender. 5.- Last, add the teaspoon of sugar.

Comments:

You can serve this meal with Chuño Phuti (check recipe), or cooked tunta (cooked white chuño), white potatoes (cooked peeled potatoes), and a salad made of finely sliced onions and tomatoes.

Categories:  Chicken, hot spicy, Bolivian

Estimated Serving:  8

Estimated preparation time:  60 min.

Language:  English

Shared by:  AnaPau    2009/04/10