Chicken with cinnamon and paprika
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Cinnamon always associates with Christmas. So when autumn comes, we all tend to bake apple pies which almost every time are seasoned with cinnamon. But this spice is used not only for sweets. With it you can really prepare very tasty and also healthy dishes. One of them – chicken with cinnamon and paprika. And even if you are not used to cinnamon in non sweet meals, I can say that in here it gives only a very mild aroma and a good pinch of bitterness and cosiness. And paprika has a lot of vitamin C, so it’s really good if you don’t want to get cold.
Chicken with cinnamon and paprika
Time needed:
Yields: 4 servings
Calories: 372 kcal / serving
Ingredients:
- 450 g skinless chicken fillet, cut in 4 cm cubes
- 1 tsp. sweet paprika
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 4 tbsps. olive oil
- 1 red paprika, seeded and cut in stripes
- 1 green paprika, seeded and cut in stripes
- 1 onion, cut in half rings
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 150 ml hot chicken stock
- pinch hot chilli peppers oil
- salt
- peppers
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 200°C temperature. Put chicken in a bowl and season with paprika and cinnamon.
- Heat oil in a pan, put paprikas and onions. On a medium heat fry for 5 minutes or till vegetables will be soft.
- Put chicken, season with salt and peppers. Fry mixing for a few minutes, or till chicken will brown from all sides.
- Put garlic and fry for one more minute.
- Then pour mixture in to a baking dish and pour over it chicken stock. Braise in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Before serving pour over hot peppers oil, but it’s really optional.
- Enjoy slowly with this pleasure dish!
Source: Virtuvės ekspresas (Alma littera, 2010)
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