Portuguese Chicken and Spaghetti

Portuguese Chicken and Spaghetti
  • 1/4 cup olive oil, divided
  • 1 small onion, minced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
  • 1/4 cup tomato paste
  • 1/2 (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


  1. 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.
  2. 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.

04/09/2018
Portuguese Chicken and Spaghetti, recipe PT15M PT1H 5 455 calories

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