Recipe for Today: Try Mely Martínez's Chicken Veracruz-Style for a vivacious weeknight lift

Pollo alla Veracruzana, or Chicken Veracruz-Style, prepared from a recipe in ‘The Mexican Home Kitchen’ by Mely Martínez

By Leslie Brenner

One of our favorite recipes from Mely Martinez’s delightful cookbook, The Mexican Home Kitchen, this easy weeknight dish gets its verve from a tomato sauce revved up with pimento-stuffed olives, raisins and capers. That combo may sound unlikely if you’re not familiar with the flavors of Veracruz, but give it a try anyway — we think you’ll be surprised and delighted.

Martínez’s original calls for fresh tomatoes, but you can substitute a can of chopped ones if you’re not finding nice ripe ones yet.

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