Macaroni with Chicken

Name: Macaroni with Chicken (Macarrones con Pollo)
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1 pound macaroni; 3½ quarts (14 cups) water; 1 can (1 pound 12 ounces) whole tomatoes; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 4½ teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon capers; 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce; 1 teaspoon whole dried orégano; 2 pounds chicken pieces; 1 onion, peeled, chopped; 8 olives, stuffed with pimientos; 8 olives, stuffed with pimientos; 1 green pepper, seeded, chopped; 2 sweet chili peppers, seeded, chopped; 2 ounces salt pork, washed and diced; 2 ounces lean cured ham, washed and diced; 2 tablespoons olive oil

Macarrones con Pollo

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 ounces salt pork, washed and diced
2

Americas
Pasta
Caribbean
Puerto Rico

Method

In a large caldero or heavy kettle, heat oil included in A and brown rapidly salt pork and ham. Reduce heat to low, add ingredients included in B, and sauté for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Divide each chicken piece in two, wash, dry and add to kettle, together with rest of ingredients included in C. Mix and cook