Catalan Style Chicken (Pollo a la Catalana) Recipe

Name: Catalan Style Chicken (Pollo a la Catalana) Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 280 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 12 ounces pitted prunes; 1 cup (8 ounces) white raisins, packed; 3 1/2 pounds chicken, cut into pieces; 1 cup pine nuts; 1 1/2 cups chopped onions; 3 tomatoes, chopped; 1/4 cup olive oil, plus more as needed; 2 cups chicken stock; 1 cup white wine; Salt, to taste; Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

A rich Catalan-style chicken main dish, perfect for fall, features prunes, raisins, and pine nuts simmered in a savory tomato and chicken broth sauce.

⭐ 3.9 (17 reviews) Prep: 10 minCook: 30 minTotal: 280 minYields: 6 servings

Category Tags:

Dinner Entree

Cuisine Tags:

Spanish

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Instructions

Soak prunes and raisins in water for 4 hours.
Cut chicken into serving pieces, season with salt and pepper, then brown in olive oil in a large frying pan.
Transfer browned chicken to a large pot.
Drain soaked prunes and raisins; sauté them with pine nuts in the same frying pan.
Add chopped onions, sauté, then add chopped tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in chicken broth and simmer for 10 minutes.
Pour the sauce over the chicken in the pot and simmer until tender. A few minutes before serving, stir in breadcrumbs to thicken and add wine; simmer briefly.
Adjust salt to taste and serve with white rice.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Calories: 1132 kcal

Carbohydrate: 73 g

Cholesterol: 251 mg

Fiber: 8 g

Protein: 72 g

Saturated Fat: 12 g

Sodium: 413 mg

Sugar: 45 g

Fat: 61 g

Unsaturated Fat: 0 g