Kitchen appliances and utensils:
- pan with a lid;
- blender or grater;
- cutting board;
- kitchen knife;
- meat cutting board;
- a knife for meat;
- mortar with pestle.
Ingredients
| Chicken thighs | 1,0 kg |
| Ripe medium tomatoes | 4 things. |
| Onion | 4 things. |
| Garlic | 6-8 teeth |
| Bulgarian pepper, large | 1 PC. |
| Chili peppers | 2-3 cm |
| Vegetable oil | 20 ml |
| Butter | 1 tbsp. l |
| Sunflower hops seasoning | 2 tsp |
| Black pepper peas | 7-8 pcs. |
| Common salt | taste |
| Granulated sugar | 1 tsp |
| Basil greens | small bunch |
| Green cilantro | small bunch |
Step cooking
Did you know? Chakhokhbili is a traditional dish of Georgian cuisine, in fact it is poultry stewed with vegetables. An easy to prepare and affordable food dish has long gained fame in many countries around the world.
Cooking meat
- Wash the chicken thighs (1 kg), dry. Divide each thigh into two approximately equal parts. Remove excess fat.
- Pour vegetable oil (20 ml) into a preheated pan. Add olive oil (20 ml).
- Put the meat in a pan. No lid needed.
- On medium heat, fry the chicken pieces for 5-7 minutes on each side until golden brown.
Cooking vegetables
- Peel the onion (4 pcs.). Cut the onion into small cubes (larger than for frying) or not very thin half rings (of your choice).
- Wash tomatoes (4 pcs.), Bulgarian pepper (1 pc.) And chili (a piece of pod 2-3 cm), green cilantro (small bunch), basil greens (small bunch). Peel the tomatoes. In order to make it easier to clean them, pour them with boiling water for 1-2 minutes and pour over with cold water.
- Cut the tomatoes (3 pcs.) Into cubes measuring approximately 1.5 cm by 1.5 cm. Rub one tomato on a coarse grater or chop it using a mashed blender. Mix chopped tomatoes with mashed potatoes.
- Bell pepper (1 pc.) Cut in half. Remove the stalk, grains and septa. Cut the pepper into strips of approximately 2 cm by 4 cm.
- Chili pepper (2-3 cm pod) cut into rings.
- Peel the garlic (6-8 cloves), chop finely.
- Mash the black pepper with peas in a mortar (7-8 pcs.). Chop the basil and cilantro not very finely.
Assembly chakhokhbili
- Heat another pan with a piece of butter.
- Put onion on it, fry until golden brown.
- Add the grated tomato to the onion. Shuffle.
- Move the onions to the chicken.
- Add the tomatoes.
- Add the bell pepper immediately.
- Stir, salt, cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
- Add chopped garlic.
- Sprinkle the seasoning with Suneli hops (2 tsp). Shuffle.
- Add granulated sugar (1 tsp) to remove excess acid. Shuffle.
- Add the remaining garlic and half chopped basil and cilantro.
- Shuffle. Try the dish on the salt. If necessary, add more salt.
- Add hot pepper.
- Cover, simmer another 10 minutes. Turn off the heat. Ready chakhokhbili let brew for 10 minutes. Serve.
In an original old Georgian recipe, chicken meat is fried in a heated pan without adding oil. The dish is also prepared from whole chicken, chicken, turkey meat. Additional ingredients are added to the basic basic recipe: walnuts, green beans, carrots, eggplant, zucchini and other vegetables.
Video recipe
One of the options for preparing a popular second course is shown in detail in the video:
Now you know how to cook a magnificent Georgian bird stew. This second one is served both hot and cold. We hope that your family will enjoy the chakhokhbili and become a regular dish of the home menu. How do you feel about Georgian cuisine? What interesting recipes are in your cookbook?
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