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

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

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