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Cinnamon Chicken

Traditional dish with breasts, ~3 tablespoons olive oil, onion.

Cinnamon Chicken
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Ingredients

  • 2–3 chicken breasts
  • to taste ~3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 can tomatoes
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • ¼–½ peach
  • 1 splash vinegar
  • to taste enough pasta for 4 servings

Steps

  1. Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan.
  2. Lightly brown the chicken breasts in the oil—do not cook them through.
  3. Add the onion.
  4. Fry for a couple of minutes.
  5. Add the peach (if using peach).
  6. Fry for another minute.
  7. Cut the tomatoes in half.
  8. Add the tomatoes.
  9. Add everything else.
  10. Simmer, covered, for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  11. Remove the lid.
  12. Let it simmer for about 15 more minutes.
  13. In the meantime, cook the pasta according to the directions on the package.
  14. Remove the cinnamon sticks from the sauce.
  15. Serve over hot pasta with freshly-grated Parmesan and garlic bread.

Adapted from “Cinnamon Chicken”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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