Baking
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"This recipe is by Angelo Varelos - my mother's partner. He'd proudly call himself a ‘Macedonian’ and is very proud of his heritage. This is a great recipe - very easy, very satisfying, great for a weekend filler, must be eaten with lots of fresh bread... "– Bridget Nicholson.
Authentic cooking, and just so simple and welcoming - makes you wish you always had a pot on the ready for "pop-in" visitors to serve it to.
Munja in Macedonian translates to lightning.
Serves 4 “but add an extra piece of chicken just in case the neighbor or someone drops in unexpectedly”. Freezes well. GF. DF.
“I hope you listened to Ange!” – Angelo Varelos.
Pictured: Kata’s Munja
Ingredients
- 500g Chicken thigh fillets/lovely legs/veal - diced in big pieces
- Olive oil for browning the meat
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves chopped (Well! Actually to personal taste)
- 1 longhorn chili cut in medium pieces*4 medium potatoes
- 1 or 2 carrots diced not too fine
- Chicken stock to taste
- 1 sachet of plain tomato paste
- 1 tomato, roughly diced
- 1 tsp or more paprika
- 4 cups water -enough to cover ingredients, more if evaporates
- Salt and pepper to taste
- *red one will give meal a little colour, these are not hot
- Prepare the potatoes -cut in long quarters down the long centre, two out of each half.
- Pre - brown chicken with olive oil and brown really well and put aside.
- In a 50cm saucepan brown onion and fresh garlic til softened, and then add chilli, then potato and carrot.
- Continue browning for a minute or two.
- Add chicken stock to taste and mix in.
Method
Mix up tomato paste with cold water and add to soup.
Add diced tomato (you may need to add in a little more water to blend all ingredients).
Add pre browned chicken.
KEEP TASTING AS YOU GO!
Add paprika and another clove of fresh garlic diced, continue cooking.
Add 1 cup water and reduce it a little.
Add water to nearly cover ingredients; allow to cook for a while, approx. 30 minutes.
Add water again to cover and allow to cook slowly for around an hour. Meat must fall off the bone.
The meal should not be thick.
Should be served in a bowl to be eaten similar to soup. A nice fresh Italian loaf of bread would be great to go with this meal as it is great for dunking bread in.
Dietary preferences
- Gluten-Free with ingredient checks
- Dairy-Free with ingredient checks
