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pollo gusiado chicken stew

Pollo Guisado Puerto Rican Recipe

Patricia Valbrun
Pollo Guisado Puerto Rican Recipe (spanish chicken stew) is a delicious latin meal with chicken, red kidney beans, potatoes, onion, carrots and fresh herbs. Chicken simmered in a rich seasoned broth until fall off the bone tender! Its a favorite and stable meal in a Caribbean household. 
4.46 from 11 votes
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Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine caribbean
Servings 4 people
Calories 401 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 8 pieces chicken drums and thighs
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoon onion
  • 2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 tablespoon adobo
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon knors seasoning chicken bouillon
  • 1 yellow onion large, chopped
  • 1 bell pepper chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves minced ( save 1 large clove )
  • 4 tablespoon reciato or green seasoning ( 2 tablespoon for marinade)
  • ¼ cup parsely
  • 4 springs thyme
  • 1 pack sazon
  • 2 bay leaf
  • 2-3 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 3-4 cups chicken broth or water
  • 5 potatoes cubed small cut
  • 1 can red kidney beans canned
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Wash and clean the chicken with lemon and vinegar, dry with a papper towel.
  • Season the chicken with sofrito or recatio, garlic powder, onion powder, adobo, paprika, salt and pepper. Marinate the chicken for 2-24 hours ( I did 24 hours) .
  • In a medium pot, brown the chicken on both sides at a high temperature just to caramelize the skin, which also helps release flavor for the stew. Once done move set the chicken aside and repeat these steps until your out of meat.
  • In the same pot, sweat the onions, bell pepper, garlic recatio then add tomato paste and add chicken broth. Cook for 3 minutes until the tomato paste is well combined in the vegetables.
  • Add all your herbs such as bay leaves, parsely, thyme sazon, knors season and veggies. Then add chicken back to the pot and simmer for about 30 minutes.
  • Lastly, add in the potatoes, red beans, onions, garic cloves and thyme. Cook for another 10 minutes. Enjoy !

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Nutrition

Serving: 4g | Calories: 401kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 2207mg | Potassium: 1675mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1569IU | Vitamin C: 106mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 6mg
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