Preparation30 minutes
Cooking90 minutes
DifficultyEasy
Chicken Colombo
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg chicken
- 600 g small firm-fleshed potatoes
- 2 zucchini
- 3 onions
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp. Columbine powder
- 1 small chili pepper
- Juice of 1 lime
- 3 tablespoons oil
- Grains to brown
- Salt
- Pepper
Preparation
- Peel the carrots and wash the zucchini, cut them into pieces. Peel the potatoes, and cut them in half. Peel and chop the onions and garlic.
- Heat the oil in a casserole dish. Brown the onion and garlic, add 2 tablespoons of browning seeds and sauté for 1 minute.
- Pour in the meat and stir briskly for a few minutes.
- Pour the colombo over the meat, stirring constantly. Add salt and pepper and cover with water to level.
- Cover and let cook for 1 1/2 hours.
- 40 min before the end of cooking, add the potatoes to the casserole and, 10 min later, the pieces of zucchini and, if necessary, the seeded and chopped chili pepper.
- When ready to serve, pour the lemon juice into the sauce, stir and serve hot with white rice.
