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Healthy Chicken Menudo

Healthy Chicken Menudo

This is a recipe for healthy chicken menudo.

⏱ Prep: 30 min ⏱ Cook: 35 min

Ingredients

  • 1 large b. boneless chicken breast (cubed)
  • 1 medium carrot (cubed)
  • 1 medium baking potato (cubed)
  • 1 small red bell pepper (cut into squares)
  • 1 small green bell pepper (cut into squares)
  • 1.25 cup raisins
  • 1 medium red onion
  • 4 clove garlic (crushed)
  • 8 oz tomato sauce
  • 4 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1.5 piece lime
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1.5 cup chicken broth (low sodium)
  • 3 tbsp Safflower oil
  • 0 Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Arrange chicken in a bowl.Add lime (or calamansi) and pour soy sauce. Also add garlic powder. Mix well. Let it stay for 30 minutes.

  2. Heat a pan and pour safflower oil.

  3. Once the oil becomes hot, saute onion and garlic until onion becomes soft.

  4. Add the marinated chicken. Continue to cook until the chicken turns light brown.

  5. Pour tomato sauce into the pan. Stir.

  6. Pour chicken broth. Let boil. Continue to cook uncovered in medium heat until the sauce reduces to half.

  7. Add raisin, carrot, and potato. Cover the pan. Cook between low to medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes.

  8. Add the bell peppers. Continue to cook for 5 minutes. Note: add more chicken broth or water if needed.

  9. Sprinkle some ground black pepper to taste.

  10. Tranfer to a serving plate. Serve.

  11. Share and enjoy.