Chicken Stew with Cauliflower and Tomatoes

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Ingredients:

  • 2lb of chicken thighs
  • 2lb-2.5lb of cauliflower
  • 4 tomatoes
  • 2 onions
  • 2 tbsp of all purpose flour
  • 2 cups of water
  • 1/3 cups of oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Paprika to taste

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Prepare ingredients: if you use other chicken parts than thighs you may need to adjust cooking time accordingly:

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Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels; warm up frying pan with all oil over moderate heat, fry all chicken thighs from both sides until brown colored, move ready chicken to a plate, leave oil in:

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Peel and chop both onions, add to the frying pan with oil where chicken was fried in, reduce heat to low and fry onions until soft:

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Mix in 2 table spoons or flour in:

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Remove skin from tomatoes:

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Grate tomatoes on big slots of grater and add to onions:

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Salt to taste and season with paprika, mix:

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Move tomato and onion sauce to the pot (if you have cast iron one – use it):

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Add chicken thighs you fried earlier:

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Add water so the chicken if is mostly covered (but not too much, or you will get too much of sauce); cover with a lid, put on low heat burner and simmer it until chicken is soft (mine took about 20 mins):

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Separate cauliflower in florets of the same size and rinse:

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When chicken if ready, add cauliflower florets to the pot, cover with a lid again, and cook until cauliflower is soft but not overcooked (10-15 mins):

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