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Delicious Chicken Sofrito (Stir-Fried)

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Recipe

A succulent chicken dish made with Canadian bacon, mushrooms, pimento-stuffed olives and lightly toasted almonds.

Yield

2
servings

Prep

30
min

Cook

30
min

Ready

60
min

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 teaspoons olive oil
divided
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½ cup onions
finely chopped
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¼ cup green bell peppers
finely chopped
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black pepper
to taste
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2 cloves garlic
minced
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1 ¼ cup tomatoes, canned
italian style, seeded and finely chopped
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¾ cups water
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½ cup mushrooms
sliced
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1 ounces bacon, canadian style
cut into thin strips, julienne-cut
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2 tablespoons sherry
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1 pkg chicken broth
instant
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1 teaspoon oregano
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¼ teaspoon salt and black pepper
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teaspoon red pepper flakes
ground
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9 ounces chicken breasts
skinned and boned, cut into 1/2-inch strips
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4 pimento stuffed green olives
sliced crosswise
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½ ounces almonds
shelled, lightly toasted and ground
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
10 ml olive oil
divided
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118 ml onions
finely chopped
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59 ml green bell peppers
finely chopped
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1 x black pepper
to taste
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2 cloves garlic
minced
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296 ml tomatoes, canned
italian style, seeded and finely chopped
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177 ml water
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118 ml mushrooms
sliced
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28.9 ml/g bacon, canadian style
cut into thin strips, julienne-cut
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30 ml sherry
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1 pkg chicken broth
instant
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5 ml oregano
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1.3 ml salt and black pepper
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0.6 ml red pepper flakes
ground
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260.1 ml/g chicken breasts
skinned and boned, cut into 1/2-inch strips
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4 each pimento stuffed green olives
sliced crosswise
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14.5 ml/g almonds
shelled, lightly toasted and ground
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Directions

In 10-inch skillet heat 1 teaspoon oil over medium-high heat, add onion, bell pepper and garlic and sauté until onion is translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except chicken and olives and stir to combine. Reduce heat to low, cover, and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes.

While tomato mixture is cooking, in separate 10-inch nonstick skillet heat remaining teaspoon oil over medium-high heat; add chicken and stir-fry until golden brown on all sides. Transfer to sauce, add olives and stir to combine. Increase heat to medium and cook until chicken is cooked through and sauce is thickened, 5 to 6 minutes. Serve sprinkled with ground almonds.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 438g (15.4 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 27734% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 11g 16%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 72mg 24%
Sodium 509mg 21%
Total Carbohydrate 5g 5%
Dietary Fiber 4g 14%
Sugars g
Protein 60g
Vitamin A 6% Vitamin C 59%
Calcium 11% Iron 18%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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