Gallo en Chicha
User Reviews
4.5
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
1 hr
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Cook Time
2 hrs mins
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Rest Time
8 hrs
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Total Time
3 hrs 15 mins
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Servings
6 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
South American, Salvadoran, Guatemalan
Gallo en Chicha
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Gallo en chicha is a traditional chicken dish that is popular in El Salvador, as well as in other Central American countries, such as in Guatemala.
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Ingredients
- 1 rooster (or a chicken), cut into pieces
- 2 cups chicha (Salvadoran drink), or beer
- 1 cup white wine
- 2 onions , thinly sliced
- 3 cloves garlic , crushed
- 1 red bell pepper , diced
- 1 lb pork ribs
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground allspice
- Juice of 1 lime
- 3 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ cup pineapple or apple cider vinegar
- 1 lb prunes , pitted
- 1 lb large golden raisins
- 8 bay leaves
- 4 large tomatoes , peeled, seeded and diced
- 4 oz. large green olives , pitted
- 3 potatoes , diced
- 1 red hot pepper , thinly sliced
- 2 carrots , grated
- 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- salt
Equipment
- Dutch oven
Instructions
- Brush all the pieces of rooster with lime juice.
- In a large bowl, combine the rooster, pineapple vinegar (or cider vinegar), chicha, garlic, onions, red bell pepper, mustard seed and allspice.
- Cover and marinate for 8 hours in the refrigerator.
- At the end of these 8 hours, remove the pieces of poultry from the marinade and reserve the marinade.
- In a large Dutch oven, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat and sauté the pieces of rooster until golden brown.
- Remove the rooster pieces from the pan and, in the same oil, fry the pork until golden.
- In a large pot, put the rooster and pork previously fried, then add the cloves, chili pepper, and all the reserved marinade.
- Cover the pot and cook on high heat. As soon as it is boiling, lower the heat and cook on a low heat for 1h15.
- Add the white wine, prunes, raisins, olives, potatoes, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, tomatoes and carrots over high heat.
- When the boiling point is reached, lower the heat and cook on low-medium heat for 40 minutes, or until the sauce thickens.
- At the end of cooking, if the sauce is too liquid, increase the heat if necessary to thicken the sauce.
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4.5
6 reviews
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