Brazilian Style Chicken Strogonoff

The Ingredients

• About 20 chicken breast tenderloins 
• 1 Large red onion
• 2 tsps of minced garlic
• 1 large can (28oz) of diced tomatoes with chilies
• 1 small can of corn
• 1 small package of white mushrooms 
• 1 cup of raisins
• 2 cups of chicken stock
• 1 1/2 cup of heavy cream
• 1/2 cup of ketchup
• 1/2 cup of white wine
• 1 tbls crushed red pepper
• 1 tbls of nutmeg
• 1/4 cup of parsley
• Salt 
• Pepper
• Garlic powder
• Hot sauce
• Potato sticks
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

The Recipe

1. Heat large sauce pan on high.
2. Chop the onion into small pieces.
3. Once the pan is hot pour some olive oil on the pan and put in the onion.  Mix well and let it cook while you prepare the chicken.
4. Cut chicken tenderloins into small 1 inch cubes and season them with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder.
5. Add the minced garlic to the onion and let cook for about a minute.
6. Place chicken in the pan and mix everything together.  Your goal is to brown the chicken a little bit before adding sauce to it.
7. On a large deep frying pan add 1 tbls of olive oil, the tomatoes with chili, the wine, and the chicken stock.  Season with more salt, pepper, hot sauce, crushed red peppers, and nutmeg.  Let it simmer for about 5 minutes.
8. Add the ingredients from the deep frying pan into the large sauce pan with the chicken.
9. Put in the corn, the mushrooms, the raisins, and the ketchup.
10. Mix everything well and let it simmer for about 10 minutes. 
11. Add the heavy cream and lower the heat to medium. Do not let it boil. 
12. Add the parsley and turn off the heat.  Let it sit for a couple of minutes and then serve it over rice and sprinkle some potato sticks on top.  If you want to make it extra special you can make your own potato chips.

The Experience

I can't believe I now know how to make this dish!  Every Brazilian grows up eating this at least once a month!  It is also very popular with red meat!  Using the tenderloins was a really good idea because they cook so fast.  The whole thing took about 35 minutes to make and it was well worth it.  Some say it's a fattening meal but who's counting calories anyway? lol  Browning the chicken first really added a lot of taste to the strogonoff.  I love heating sauces on another pan because when you do combine everything the cooking process never stops due to cold liquid. Oh, by the way, definitely have some hot sauce with you when you eat this!  This is also a great meal to make when you have lots of company coming over and you don't have the cash nor the time to cook a fancy meal.  It's a total crowd pleaser and it's very fulfilling.  There's not need to serve anything else with this.  Dessert is always welcomed though!  I'm about to go have some of Mirella's internationally famous rice pudding!