Pollo Guisado (Stewed Chicken)
A Dominican Classic Stewed Chicken Simplified! A Tasty and Hearty Meal that makes for an easy late night dinner.
Ingredients
- 5 pieces Chicken Can use whatever cut you like, I've used thigh, legs, and breast. Also, you can use as much or as little chicken pieces, just alter your seasoning amounts.
- White Vinegar for Cleaning
- 1-2 tbsp Adobo
- 1 packet Sazon
- 1/2 tbsp dominican oregano
- 1 Chicken Bouillon I like the powdered version so about 1-2 tbsp if using that.
- 1 Green Pepper
- 1 Red Pepper
- 1 Cubanelle Pepper
- 1 Red Onion
- 6 Garlic Cloves
- 1/2 tbsp sofrito optional
- 1-2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp alcaparrado olives
- 1 juice of lime
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1-2 cups water
- canola or vegetable oil
- sugar, salt, and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Begin by first washing your chicken in a water and vinegar combination. Let soak for a few minutes before rinsing and patting dry.
- Rough chop veggies: Green, Red, and Cubanelle Peppers. And Quarter the Onion. The larger you chop the veggies the easier it is for people to remove if they don't like. Set Aside
- In a mortar and pestle, add garlic cloves, salt, dominican oregano, and pepper. Set aside.
- To your dried chicken, add seasonings - adobo, chicken bouillon, sazon, dominican oregano, and pepper.
- Add juices - soy sauce, lime, sofrito, and olives.
- With gloves, rub marinade all over the chicken in all the crevices.
- Add Veggies and Garlic to chicken and mix again.
- Let marinate anywhere from 30 minutes to one day. The longer the marinade, the better seasoned the meat will be. When I am in a pinch, I put the marinated chicken in the fridge while I prep the beans and rice.
- In a pan - preferably the aluminum imusa ones - add oil with a sprinkle of sugar. Once sugar is brown, add meat (wipe all the veg and garlic off as to not burn) and start to brown. Remove browned meat as needed to make room for more.
- Meanwhile, add tomato paste to the leftover vegetables. Mix.
- Add veggies and tomato into the chicken and stir and cook for a few minutes as to combine the paste.
- Add water to the vegetable bowl to clean out all that marinade and pour into meat.
- Bring stew to simmer. Partially cover with lid and let cook medium to medium low till stew has reduced and chicken has fully cooked - roughly 35-45 minutes.