PORTUGUESE CHICKEN AND SPAGHETTI

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My grandmother made this for me all the time. It's so comforting, reheats well, and is great the next day. Serve hot with crusty bread and enjoy.

Provided by Carmella DiNardo

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Stews Chicken

Time 52m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

¼ cup olive oil, divided
1 small onion, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
¼ cup tomato paste
½ (12 ounce) bottle beer
5 cups water
4 cubes chicken bouillon
2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
2 teaspoons Portuguese hot pepper sauce (pimenta)
2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
1 (16 ounce) package spaghetti

Steps:

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add chicken breasts and tomato paste. Cook until chicken is well browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Add beer; bring to a boil.
Place the remaining oil, water, bouillon, salt, pimenta, paprika, and black pepper into the chicken-beer mixture. Bring to a boil; add spaghetti. Cook until spaghetti is tender and sauce is reduced to half, about 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 472.2 calories, Carbohydrate 62.1 g, Cholesterol 39.4 mg, Fat 12 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 25.9 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 1685.5 mg, Sugar 3.9 g