Garlic Chicken Tomato Sauce

Delicious chicken in tomato sauce. Hmmm… yum! More tasteful with added garlic. A satisfying, full of flavor and easy to make recipe. Are you in?… Let’s cook.

This is one of traditional Romanian dish named Ostropel de Pui, that I grew up with. It is cooked on a regular basis, for its tastiness and easiness.

Apart from seasoning, you only need 3 ingredients. So, lets see what they are.

🍲 Ingredients Used In This Recipe

Anyone has around some chicken, tomatoes (fresh or canned) and garlic. Don’t you?…

For this dish, we are going to use:

• chicken – thighs & drumsticks are best for this recipe, but you can use whatever you have
• tomato puree – you can also use canned tomatoes or fresh ripe tomatoes grated / finely chopped
• of course garlic (lots of it!) is what gives this dish full flavor and incredible taste
• vegetable cooking oil
• salt, pepper and thyme to season
• some fresh parsley to serve

 

👉 Here’s why you should make this recipe:

• It’s so tasty and delicious! Full of flavor and color.
• It’s easy to make with ingredients always at hand.
• You can serve it as it is / with polenta, rice or mashed potatoes aside.

 

🍗 How To Make This Chicken Tomato Sauce

1️ Step One: Fry the chicken

Prepare the garlic. Peel the cloves and finely chop 1/3 of them. Keep the others for the finish. Prepare the chicken parts and fry them in small amount of coking oil on all sides until golden brown. Take them apart.

2️ Step Two: In with the tomato puree

In the same pot, saute the chopped garlic until golden. Pour in the tomato puree and stir well for some moments. Add some hot water (or broth) to slightly dilute the sauce and let it simmer on medium low heat for approx. 10 minutes, to release some of the acidity.

Season with salt, black pepper and dried thyme. Add the chicken parts to the sauce and let them cook on low heat until ready. Cover the pot, but not entirely so the steam can be released. It will take somewhere to 40 minutes to 1 hour, depending of the quality of the meat.

Make sure you stir occasionally and watch it closely, because the sauce is reducing and it may be necessary to add small amounts of hot water from time to time. If you use fresh tomatoes, they leave more liquid and the water is not so necessary.

3️ Step Three: Add the remaining garlic

When the chicken is cooked trough, 2-3 minutes before we stop the heat we add the remaining garlic. Slice it, crush it or grate it, whatever you like. Stir and leave to cook together another couple of minutes to so all that garlic aroma get infused into the sauce.

Taste again for the salt and aromas. If the taste is on too sour, you can add 1 tbsp of sugar.

 

🍽️ Sprinkle And Serve The Chicken Dish

Chop some fresh parsley and sprinkle on top. Serve as a stand alone dish with your preferred bread / baguette or delicious hot polenta, fresh cooked rice or some nice mashed potatoes.

That’s it! Easy and tasteful. Try it and I guarantee you’ll love it. Bon appetite!

 

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