Chicken in Tomato Sauce
⏱️ Prep: 20 min🍳 Cook: 60 min
Ingredients
| 800 g | chicken meat | |
| 400 g peeled from a can and 2 ripe | tomatoes | |
| 2 large heads | onion | |
| 1 | bay leaf | |
| 2 cloves | garlic | |
| 1 | carrot | |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | red paprika |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | sugar |
| 1/2 bunch | parsley | |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | thyme |
| 1/2 tsp | basil | |
| — | black pepper | |
| — | salt | |
| — | cooking fat |
Instructions
Cut the chicken into portions and lightly brown it in a little fat. In the same vessel add a little more oil and fry the finely chopped onion. Shortly after, add the coarsely grated carrot and the pressed garlic. Cover and let it braise until softened, stirring often.
Finely chop the fresh tomatoes and add them to the braised vegetables together with the canned tomatoes. Bring to a boil and add salt, black pepper, the thyme, basil, sugar and red paprika.
Add the chicken portions and let it simmer over moderate heat until the tomato juice has reduced somewhat.