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How to cook chicken caldereta

Kaldereta or caldereta is not the usual way of cooking chicken, Pinoy chicken stews are normally cooked adobo, afritada or pininyahan. Of course, chicken can also be cooked as kaldereta and it is equally tangy delicious if done right.

On my chicken kaldereta I used chicken wings, I find chicken wings the tastiest part and it’s ideal for my version of kaldereta. You can choose whatever part of chicken you prefer. This is still a guaranteed tasty chicken caldereta.

Ingredients for Chicken Caldereta

• 1 chicken (1 kilo)
• 1 can liver spread or
• 1 cup lechon sauce
• 1 small can tomato sauce
• 3-4 pcs. sweet whole pickles (sliced slanting by, 1/4′ thick)
• 1/4 cup pickle sauce
• 2 bell pepper (red & green, strips)
• 3 onions (quartered)
• 4 Frankfurters or sausage (sliced slantingly, 1/4″ thick
• 1/2 head garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ground pepper

Instructions for cooking Chicken Caldereta

1. Clean chicken, cut into small serving pieces. marinate in vinegar, soy sauce, salt, pepper, and garlic. Let stand for 1-2 hours. Drain. Fry until a little brown.
2. Put back fried chicken
into vinegar mixture, add tomato sauce, pickles, pickle liquid, onions. Cover.
3. When it starts boiling, lower heat and simmer until chicken is tender. Add the rest of the ingredients, Thicken sauce with liver spread or prepared lechon sauce. Cook for another 10 minutes.

NOTE: If you want a more spicy caldereta, add minced siling labuyo and more powdered pepper

That's it. Your chicken Caldereta is now ready to serve.