Yiayia Bessie’s Hilopites
INGREDIENTS
Chicken breast-as much as you want
3 cups hilopites (that's what I used last week)
1 whole yellow onion (chopped)
3 tsp minced garlic
1 can tomato sauce
1 can crushed tomatoes
DIRECTIONS
Lightly brown chicken breast in olive oil
Pour into pot when done
Sauté onions & garlic
Pour into same pot as chicken
Pour tomato sauce/crushed tomatoes into pot
Fill with water until chicken/ingredients covered.
Simmer for 35 mins
Salt, pepper, cinnamon to taste
After 35 minutes of simmering, pour hilopites into pot.
Continue simmering for 10 mins.
Cover pot, turn off heat, let pot sit until hilopites are cooked to preference.
Serve & enjoy!
TIP: Keep tasting the sauce until it's seasoned to your liking with the salt, pepper, cinnamon. Remember to start low on spice & work yourself up.
Kefi Life® Extra Virgin Olive Oil 500 mL bottle is cold extracted from 100% Koroneiki olives grown and harvested in the Kalamata region of Southern Peloponnese, Greece. Kefi L!fe EVOO is packed with antioxidants, polyphenols and flavor.
It is characterized by its aromas of green grass, artichoke, and sweet almond with a mild peppery finish.