Chakhokhbili delicious chicken stew

Delicious chicken dinner dish! A special feature of chakhokhbili is the preliminary dry frying of chicken for 15 minutes without adding oil.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 50 % 11 g
Fats 36 % 8 g
Carbohydrates 14 % 3 g
120 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the ingredients.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.
  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Wash the chicken and cut off the extra part of the bone. We won't need it.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    I cut onions into quarter-rings.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Tomatoes need to be peeled, for this I make shallow cross cuts with a sharp knife and put them in a saucepan with boiling water for 30-40 seconds. I take it out, peel it and finely cut it into cubes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Finely chop garlic and cilantro.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    The chicken must be fried until golden brown in a dry frying pan without a lid.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    I'm starting to prepare the sauce. I take another frying pan or saucepan with high sides. Because chicken and tomatoes will give a lot of juice in the future. I add 2 tablespoons of oil. In the melted butter, I shift the onion and fry until soft, it takes me 2 minutes. Add tomatoes to the onion, mix and leave to simmer under the lid for 3-5 minutes.Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and simmer for another 2 minutes.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    I lay the chicken fried on all sides and stew under the lid on medium heat for 20 minutes.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    I put garlic, pepper, salt, hops-suneli to our mixture and mix. Simmer for another 25-30 minutes on low heat, look at the amount of evaporated liquid.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Add half of the fresh cilantro, mix. Chakhokhbili is ready! When serving, sprinkle with the remaining herbs. Bon appetit!

Chakhokhbili-poultry stew, a national Georgian dish.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Dried ground cilantro - 216   kcal/100g
  • Coriander - 25   kcal/100g
  • Cilantro, coriander - 25   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Hop-suneli - 417   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Chicken legs - 158   kcal/100g

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