Braised chicken thighs in a frying pan in tomato sauce

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to stew chicken thighs in a frying pan? Prepare all the necessary products. If you have frozen chicken, you should defrost it first. Remove any remaining feathers from the thighs, rinse the pieces of meat and dry with paper towels. There should be no excess moisture on the chicken, this is very important. Sprinkle the chicken on both sides with a small amount of salt and massage it evenly over all the pieces.

2. STEP 2

   

   Peel the onion and garlic, rinse and dry.

3. STEP 3

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a high-rimmed frying pan. Send the thighs to fry. Cook the chicken over high heat until a golden, delicious crust appears, then turn the pieces over and fry for about 2-3 minutes until the same crust forms on the other side. Place the thighs on a separate plate.

4. STEP 4

   

   In the frying pan where the chicken was fried, add onion, chopped into large cubes and garlic, chopped as desired. Cook, stirring constantly, for about one to two minutes, until the onion is soft and fragrant.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add tomato paste, soy sauce, a mixture of ground peppers (or ground black pepper), sugar and salt to the onion. You can add your favorite spices at this stage to taste.

6. STEP 6

   

   Stir starch into 1/4 cup. water. Pour the remaining water and diluted starch into the pan. Mix everything well, bring to a boil and leave for one to two minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add fried chicken thighs to the sauce. Stir until the meat is completely submerged in the tomato sauce. If necessary, spoon over each thigh separately. After boiling again, reduce the flame to low, cover the pan with a lid and simmer until the chicken is cooked (35-40 minutes).

8. STEP 8

   

   Sprinkle the finished dish with finely chopped fresh herbs.

9. STEP 9

   

   Ready! You can serve!

Comments on the recipe

Roman D.

09.12.2023

5

I used corn starch, 2 spoons. I don’t know how to fry chicken (I fried it in a frying pan for the first time in my life), probably the “fire” was very strong, at 14 induction power the oil caught fire with blue smoke... I didn’t use whole thighs, but a smaller part, 5 pieces. In the end, it turned out almost like in the author’s picture, and even delicious! When the thighs were eaten, I cooked frozen chicken meatballs in the remaining sauce. Waste-free production!

Natalia M

09.12.2023

4.9

I was thinking about what to cook for a side dish of buckwheat and this recipe for stewed chicken thighs caught my eye. I just had a bag of six thighs in the freezer. They turned out to be quite quick to cook; most of the time they stewed on their own in a frying pan) I haven’t fried chicken for a long time; I mostly bake them. And such a delicious aroma floated through the kitchen from the fried crust, I could barely wait for my dish to cook. The tomato gravy also turned out to be very tasty and appetizing, the garlic complemented the chicken with its aroma, a complete idyll) After pouring the gravy over the thighs, first simmered it without a lid, and when the liquid thickened and reached the middle of the frying pan, covered it with a lid and brought it to readiness. By the way, soy sauce gives an unusual pleasant taste. And thanks to the starch, the sauce does not “slip” from the chicken pieces. It turned out very tasty! The chicken meat became soft, juicy, and perfectly soaked in the tomato. It goes wonderfully with buckwheat, the tomato sauce made it juicy and tasty, and the thighs are generally the most delicious. Thanks for the recipe, it's very successful!