Honduran Pollo con Salsa

Description

Chicken in sauce

Ingredients

• 3½ lbs frying chicken, whole
• ¼ cup cooking oil
• ⅛ – ½ teaspoon hot chili powder
• ¼ cup ground sesame seeds
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• ¼ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped

Directions

1. Brown chicken in oil on all sides; remove from pot.
2. Add chili powder, sesame seeds, cloves, cinnamon, brown sugar, fenugreek, and salt and pepper; brown in oil.
3. Add remaining ingredients.
4. Simmer until tender.
5. Add chicken and cook until tender, turning occasionally.
6. Add more water if necessary.