Many things are changing in the Densley house! I have taken a part-time job since November last year. I finally feel I can have a scheduled figured out and I can talk about it. I love my new job –especially the new family-profession balance I wanted to achieved. It’s a job more aligned to my degree and gives me the flexibly to organize my schedule to be a mom and be close to my little ones. I still love cooking homemade recipes, all the recipes that I have shared and learned these past two years have empowered me to be more successful in creating systems, and plan my schedule to continue to nourish my family amid changes. Many other things that I have not shared with this community had happened and are evolving, I’ll continue to share as I feel comfortable. Now into the recipe!
The main thing to watch is your tomato sauce. There are so many varieties here in the US that it is just really hard to ensure a home flavor. I used Natura’s brand in El Salvador, but now I have found a couple that I really like (Rao’s, Carbone, and Ragu). My advice is to look at the ingredients to make sure they are clean of preservatives, sugars, anything that you personally do not like. The Ragu I liked had more garlic flavor, but it did not have preservatives, or sugars.
What is Pollo Guisado
Chicken stew with potatoes, carrots in red tomato sauce.
Simple Ingredients
Potatoes
Chicken tights, or drumsticks
Onion
Red tomato sauce
Peas and carrots (optional)
Olive oil
Water
Salt and pepper
How to make Pollo Guisado Step by Step
- Start by seasoning your fresh, defrosted chicken with salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and mustard.
- Peal and cut potatoes in thin slices (if they are thin, they will cook faster)
- Cut onion, Anaheim pepper, and a tomato in similar size. (you could use bell pepper instead of the Anaheim one.
- In a pan, at medium heat, add oil and sauté all veggies for about 3 minutes. Let all flavors merge.
- Add chicken and cook for about 3 minutes each side.
- Add potatoes over the chicken. You can add cut carrots and peas at this time (carrots help to naturally decrease acidity if you are using a tomato sauce that does not have sugar).
- Pour tomato sauce over the chicken and add the water (make sure the water is covering all the ingredients to ensure the potato gets cooked).
- Cover with a lid and let it cook for about 20 minutes in low-medium heat.
- Adjust flavor with salt and pepper. Once the potatoes are cooked, the dish is ready.
How to serve
Serve over rice, add a green salad, or cooked broccoli and enjoy!
How to store
Store in an airtight container
Authentic Pollo Guisado (Salvadoran Style Chicken)
Ingredients
Instructions
- Start by seasoning your fresh, defrosted chicken with salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and mustard.
- Peal and cut potatoes in thin slices (if they are thin, they will cook faster)
- Cut onion, Anaheim pepper, and a tomato in similar size. (you could use bell pepper instead of the Anaheim one.
- In a pan, at medium heat, add oil and sauté all veggies for about 3 minutes. Let all flavors merge.
- Add chicken and cook for about 3 minutes each side.
- Add potatoes over the chicken. You can add cut carrots and peas at this time (carrots help to naturally decrease acidity if you are using a tomato sauce that does not have sugar).
- Pour tomato sauce over the chicken and add the water (make sure the water is covering all the ingredients to ensure the potato gets cooked).
- Cover with a lid and let it cook for about 20 minutes in low-medium heat.
- Adjust flavor with salt and pepper. Once the potatoes are cooked, the dish is ready.
