Pollo Al Perperoni
Serves: 4
What’s Inside
Peppers
Place the peppers in a baking pan, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and salt, roast at 450°F for 30 minutes until skin becomes slightly burned. Take out the peppers and cover with aluminum foil for about 1 hr.
Ingredients
- 4 red peppers (Kekela Farms, Big Island, Hawaii)
- 200 grams avocado
- Virgin Olive Oil
- Salt
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Pototoes
Peel the potatoes, then cut into 1 inch cubes. Boil in salted water for 10 minutes, strain, then set aside.
Ingredients
- 200 grams yukon gold potatoes
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Chicken
Rinse the chicken and divide into 8 parts keeping the skin. Season the chicken with Hawaiian sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper. Allow the chicken to rest for 20 minutes.
Place a heavy dutch oven on the stove on medium heat and add extra virgin olive oil.
Place the chicken inside the dutch oven skin side down until the skin turns a nice golden brown, then flip.
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (Puna Chicks Farm, Big Island, Hawaii)
- Virgin Olive oil
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Peel the Skins
Using running water, open the peppers and peel off the skins. Cut into strips and soak in extra virgin olive oil.
Ingredients
- 4 red peppers (Kekela Farms, Big Island, Hawaii)200 grams avocado
- Virgin Olive oil
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Place Chicken Skin Side Down
Place the chicken inside the dutch oven skin side down until the skin turns a nice golden brown, then flip. Place the garlic in the pan when the chicken is almost done.
Ingredients
- 5 garlic cloves (cracked, not chopped)
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Deglaze
Once the garlic is nice and golden brown, deglaze the pan with white wine. Add the roma tomaotoes, Hawaiian chili pepper, roasted peppers, potatoes and continue to cook for 10 minutes.
Add the canned tomatoes, smoked paprika and the juice of half Mayer lemon, then season with salt.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 5 roma tomatoes (chopped, WOW farms, Big Island, Hawaii)
- 1 Hawaiian chili pepper
- 800 grams canned tomato
- 5 grams smoked paprika (La Chinata)
- 1/2 Mayer lemon
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Rest & Garnish
Continue to cook until the chicken reaches 165°F.
After cooked, let it rest for at least 15 minutes.
Before serving, chiffonade the fresh basil and garnish.
Ingredients
- 1 bunch fresh basil
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Final Steps
Continue to cook until the chicken reaches 165°F.
After cooked, let it rest for at least 15 minutes.
Before serving, chiffonade the fresh basil and garnish.
