Recipe
Okra Stew with Chicken
Cuban okra stew with chicken in a tomato and dry wine sauce, with balls of fufú made from partially ripe plantains. Delicious, homemade, and easy to make.
- Preparation30 min
- Cooking2 h
- Total time2 h 30 min
- Servings4 servings
- DifficultyEasy
A delicious and easy-to-make stew, one of those that tastes like home in Cuba. The chicken is cooked in a tomato sauce with dry wine and completed with tender okra and balls of fufú made from partially ripe plantains. Ideal to accompany yuca!
Ingredients
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Method
- Heat the oil in a pot and brown the chicken, cut into quarters, along with the onion, the ají de ensalada, and the crushed garlic.
- Add the salt, pepper, tomato sauce, vinegar, chicken broth, and dry wine, and let cook until the chicken is half-cooked.
- Meanwhile, wash the whole okra and remove the head and the tip.
- Slice it into rounds, dropping them directly into water with lemon juice to stop the slime.
- Boil the plantains, mash them into fufú, and form balls.
- When the chicken is half-cooked, add the water, lemon juice, and okra. Leave on the heat until the okra softens.
- Add the balls of plantain fufú to the stew and serve hot.
