Chicken Nicaraguense

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• 2 ounces onions, chopped
• 1/3 cup carrot, diced
• 1 garlic, glove finely minced
• 1 cup tomato juice
• 2 cups summer squash, sliced
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• salt
• pepper
• 2 ounces peas

Recipe

• 1 brown chicken on both sides in a nonstick skillet, then transfer to a casserole or dutch oven.
• 2 add green pepper, celery, onion, carrots and garlic to the skillet in which the chicken cooked.
• 3 cook briefly, stirring until vegetables are cooked but crisp.
• 4 spoon vegetables over the chicken and add the tomato juice, squash, cumin, salt and pepper.
• 5 cover the casserole and bake 50 minutes or until the chicken is tender when pierced with a fork.
• 6 add the peas, and return casserole to oven, covered, for 10 more minutes.