In the summer season, when there are a lot of ripe tomatoes and fragrant herbs from your garden or from the market, hozOboz offers to cook chakhokhbili from chicken. Of course, no one forbids cooking this wonderful dish of Georgian cuisine in winter, but still, chakhokhbili from store-bought tomatoes will not turn out so fragrant, saturated. In summer, each tomato keeps a piece of the sun, under which it ripened, and therefore do not miss the chance to enjoy such an amazing dish!
As already noted, chakhokhbili came to us from Western Georgia. Georgian cuisine is known all over the world for its harmonious bright tastes, the use of spices, spices, and relatively simple cooking technology. This dish is a vegetable stew in which chicken is stewed. In Western Georgia, in general, poultry makes up the bulk of the meat diet. Initially, the vegetable mixture was prepared with game, for example, using pheasant meat. But at the moment, chakhokhbili is prepared from any poultry meat, and game is still from the realm of exotics.
To prepare this dish for 2 people you will need:
Let's prepare the ingredients.
Chakhokhbili chicken should not be cut into too small pieces. We heat a cauldron or a thick-walled pan with a deep bottom over a fire and fry poultry meat in it for 15 minutes. Attention! No fat or oil is used! Do not forget to constantly turn the chicken over, not letting it burn.
Cut the onion into half rings
Fry the onion until golden brown.
HozOboz advises to pre-clean them from the skin. To do this, cut the tomatoes.
Pour boiling water over.
We take off the skin.
Cut vegetables.
Tomatoes should completely cover the pieces of the bird! If the tomatoes turned out to be not at all juicy, unripe, you can add a spoonful of tomato paste and a little (!) Water. Cover with a lid and leave for 30 minutes.
Finely chop the herbs.
Cut the garlic.
Spicy lovers can add one hot pepper.
You can leave some fresh herbs to decorate the dish.
Bon appetite
Chakhokhbili cooking options
Chakhokhbili from chickens is a tasty, fragrant, healthy dish. Poultry, vegetables, herbs - just a wonderful set! Spices have moderate antibacterial properties (it is better to buy them by weight on the market), herbs (cilantro, parsley, dill, basil, etc.) have a positive effect on the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
Chicken meat is known for its dietary properties, in addition, in terms of protein content, it is ahead of any other meat, be it beef, pork or lamb. HozOboz recommends using domestic chicken. Tomatoes are just a storehouse of vitamins and minerals! Vitamins A, B6, B2, B, K, E, PP, iron, iodine, magnesium - this is not a complete list of useful substances. In addition, tomatoes have antioxidant properties that prevent the aging of our body and the formation of cancer cells. So, another great summer dish has appeared in your piggy bank. You and your loved ones will definitely like it and bring a sunny summer mood to your home.