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puerto rican spaghetti with chicken

(7 ratings)
Mstexas1 avatar
Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Telisia Dodd
@Mstexas1
Nacogdoches, TX

My mother use to cook this dish when we were kids , I love spaghetti , so I cook it for my kids and they love it , there's never any left.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Impress the special folks in your life with this tasty crowd-pleaser. Equally colorful and flavorful, this hearty pasta dish is a welcome anytime treat.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(7 ratings)
yield 5 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For puerto rican spaghetti with chicken

  • 2 Tbsp
    extra virgin olive oil
  • 8
    large chicken drumstick and thighs
  • salt & pepper
  • 1
    red bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1
    spanish onion, thinly sliced
  • 4
    cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 2 Tbsp
    tomatoes paste
  • 1
    28 (ounce) can crush tomatoes
  • 2
    bay leaves
  • 1 tsp
    crush red pepper
  • 1/4 c
    chopped cilantro
  • 1 lb
    spaghetti

How To Make puerto rican spaghetti with chicken

  • 1
    In large frying pan, pour olive oil in frying pan, allow oil to get hot, in the mean time season chicken with salt and pepper,flour the chicken and slowly lay chicken in oil to brown on each side.
  • 2
    Slice red bell pepper, onion, garlic, saute in oil after chicken has been lifted, pour most of the oils out of the pan then saute vegetable until softened.
  • 3
    Add chicken back to pan with tomatoes, tomatoes paste, bay leaves, crushed red pepper. Cover chicken for and cook for 45 min. on medium heat.
  • 4
    In another pot cook spaghetti then serve chicken over spaghetti this works well with a nice salad.
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