Kota Macaronada - Chicken Kapama (chicken With Pasta)

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 whole broiler-fryer chicken (about 3 pounds)
• 1 lemon, juice of
• kosher salt
• black pepper, ground
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 onions, chopped medium-fine
• 2 (29 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 cup red wine
• 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
• 6 whole cloves
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 1 lb tubular pasta, specifically macaroni no 2 - misko

Recipe

• 1 cut chicken into 8 pieces.
• 2 remove and discard skin.
• 3 cover chicken pieces with lemon juice and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 4 in a large pot, melt 1 tablespoon butter in ¼ cup olive oil.
• 5 in batches, slightly brown chicken pieces on both sides and reserve.
• 6 add chopped onions to pot, and cook until translucent.
• 7 add tomato sauce, wine, chili flakes, cloves and cinnamon sticks to pot, and stir well.
• 8 return chicken pieces to pot and simmer covered on low for 90 minutes. as chicken finishes simmering, cook a pound of tubular pasta according to directions.
• 9 drain pasta and have it ready to use when chicken is done.
• 10 discard cinnamon sticks when ready to serve.
• 11 pour chicken and sauce mixture over tubular pasta.