Pollo Encebollada (Onion Chicken)

This is a wonderful Salvadoran chicken recipe. It is chicken smothered in a creamy onion-based sauce. Good side dishes are rice, salad, and beans.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 31 mins
• Total Time: 51 mins
• Calories: 307 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons butter
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1 (2 to 3 pound) chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 4 small onions, sliced into rings, divided
• ¼ cup cooking wine (Optional)
• 1 cube chicken bouillon with saffron
• 1 cup crema Salvadorena (Salvadoran-style sour cream)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Season chicken with salt and pepper.

Step 2

Melt butter in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken pieces, in batches if necessary, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Add 1/2 of the onion rings, wine, chicken bouillon, cinnamon, garlic, thyme, and bay leaves. Cook over low heat until chicken is tender, about 20 minutes.

Step 3

Stir remaining onion rings into the skillet. Cook until softened slightly, about 3 minutes. Transfer chicken to a serving platter.

Step 4

Stir crema Salvadorena into the onion mixture in the skillet until well blended. Spoon over chicken.