Puerto Rican Spaghetti with Chicken

Name: Puerto Rican Spaghetti with Chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 8 large chicken drumstick and thighs; salt & pepper; 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced; 1 spanish onion, thinly sliced; 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 2 Tbsp tomatoes paste; 1 28 (ounce) can crush tomatoes; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp crush red pepper; 1/4 c chopped cilantro; 1 lb spaghetti

By Telisia Dodd
@Mstexas1

My mother use to cook this dish when we were kids , I love spaghetti , so I cook it for my kids and they love it , there's never any left.

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Serves:

Prep:

30 Min

Cook:

45 Min

Method:

Stove Top

Ingredients

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2 Tbsp

extra virgin olive oil
8

large chicken drumstick and thighs
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salt & pepper
1

red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1

spanish onion, thinly sliced
4

cloves garlic, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp

tomatoes paste
1

28 (ounce) can crush tomatoes
2

bay leaves
1 tsp

crush red pepper
1/4 c

chopped cilantro
1 lb

spaghetti

How to Make Puerto Rican Spaghetti with Chicken

Step-by-Step

In large frying pan, pour olive oil in frying pan, allow oil to get hot, in the mean time season chicken with salt and pepper,flour the chicken and slowly lay chicken in oil to brown on each side.
Slice red bell pepper, onion, garlic, saute in oil after chicken has been lifted, pour most of the oils out of the pan then saute vegetable until softened.
Add chicken back to pan with tomatoes, tomatoes paste, bay leaves, crushed red pepper. Cover chicken for and cook for 45 min. on medium heat.
In another pot cook spaghetti then serve chicken over spaghetti this works well with a nice salad.

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