Chicken with Coconut Milk
Chicken with Coconut Milk
Pollo con Leche de Coco is a popular Colombian dish. Chicken is seared and braised in coconut milk, creating a nice gravy. I used drumsticks in this recipe, but you can use any part of the chicken. You can even use fish or shrimp in this recipe. Fish will take 10 minutes to cook and shrimp 4-5 minutes depending on size. Serve the chicken with heaping mounds of steamed rice.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 lbs chicken drumsticks
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 medium onion chopped
- 1/2 red bell pepper chopped
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper chopped
- 2 tsp chicken bouillon
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 cups coconut milk
- salt to taste
Garnish
- cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Heat up cooking oil in a large sauce pan over medium high heat. Sear the chicken drumsticks for 3-4 minutes a side. Remove from the pan.
- Add in the onions, garlic, and bell peppers. Sauté for 8 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato paste, chicken bouillon, cumin, and black pepper. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Pour in the coconut milk. Scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to get up all of them good brown bits. Bring to a boil.
- Add in the drumsticks. Cover. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Take the cover off the pan. Turn the heat up to medium high and simmer for 5 minutes to help thicken up the sauce. Turn off the heat. Garnish with cilantro.
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