Chicken Paprika With Vegetables

This dish is a favorite in my home. I am not sure when we began making it, or even if it’s a recipe passed on from a friend or neighbor, just that we’ve been doing it for decades.

Ingredients:

• One whole chicken – clean and cut into pieces
• Four medium sized potatoes
• Three medium sized carrots
• Four  medium sized zucchini (or eight small ones)
• Five garlic cloves (medium sized)
• Two teaspoons paprika powder
• Two teaspoons chicken seasoning
• Salt (or chicken stock for taste)
• Three tablespoons of vegetable oil

Directions:

• In a large pot, chop the garlic and fry it with the oil until golden.
• Add the chicken seasoning, paprika and salt/chicken stock.
• Place the chicken pieces atop the mix and cover the pot.
• Every now and then flip the pieces until no liquid is left.
• Add half a cup of boiling water, cover the pot and lower the heat.

** While the chicken is beginning to cook**

• Peel the potatoes, cut them into four pieces, then eight.
• Peel the carrots, cut them in half, then quarters.
• Cut the zucchinis into two/three inch a piece (I used baby zucchinis, so I kept them whole).
• Flip the chicken again, add another half cup of boiling water if necessary.
• Add the vegetables and let it cook.
• Occasionally, shake the pot and flip the chicken pieces , then add small amounts of boiling water, until you can easily insert a fork on the chicken breast.
• Let the liquid thicken until it becomes somewhat creamy.

Note: If you use chicken stocks, make sure it’s dissolved – step two. Also, you can replace the carrot with baby carrots, add mushroom, broccoli or green beans.

For more spicy dishes other recipe ideas:

Caribbean Soup

Spicy Sausage Pasta

Pav Bhaji from Mumbai

Also try some delicious desserts

Brazilian Pave

Apple French Bread Pudding