Chicken Asado Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 lbs chicken, cut into serving pieces
• ¼ cup butter/margarine
• 1½ cups tomato sauce
• 2 medium-sized onion, sliced
• 2 pieces dried bay leaves (laurel)
• 2 large potatoes, quartered
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ¼ cup lemon/calamansi juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• ¾ cup cooking oil

Instructions

1. Rub the chicken with salt and pepper and let stand for at least 30 minutes.
2. In a heated pan or pot, pour-in the cooking oil & fry the chicken. Set aside after.
3. In a heated pot or wok, put-in the butter/margarine.
4. When the butter/margarine is hot enough, sauté the onions until soft in texture.
5. Add-in the bay leaves and cook for a minute.
6. Pour-in tomato sauce and bring to a boil.
7. Add the soy sauce and lemon juice then stir to ensure that the mixture is properly distributed and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes.
8. Add the pan-fried chicken and simmer for 10 minutes.
9. Place the potatoes in and continue to simmer for 7 to 12 minutes.
10. Serve hot and enjoy your Chicken Asado!