Easy Cuban Style Chicken Stew
Easy Cuban Style Chicken Stew

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, easy cuban style chicken stew. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have easy cuban style chicken stew using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Cuban Style Chicken Stew:
  1. Get 1 Tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
  2. Make ready 1/2 medium onion, peeled and cut into 1/4" wide pieces, vertically
  3. Take 1/2 a bell pepper, cored and deveined and cut into 1/4" wide pieces (red and yellow are sweeter and prettier in this dish, but green will do in a pinch)
  4. Get 4 cloves garlic, peeled and rough chopped
  5. Get 2.5 pounds chicken pieces (bone-in drums and thighs work best, skin on or off, depending on your preference)
  6. Prepare 1 packet Goya brand sazon con azafran (If you don't have Goya sazon, see last step for substitution)
  7. Get 2 bay leaves
  8. Make ready 1.5 teaspoons kosher salt to start
  9. Get 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  10. Make ready 1 (15 oz.) can tomatoes
  11. Prepare 1.5 cups unsalted chicken stock
  12. Make ready 1/3 cup frozen peas
Instructions to make Easy Cuban Style Chicken Stew:
  1. In a large Dutch oven or deep saute pan (at least 10"), saute the onion, bell pepper and garlic in the oil over medium high heat for about 3 minutes, or until the onions start to turn translucent.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients except for the peas, stir to distribute evenly, cover with the lid askew and bring the stew up to a boil over high heat. (Should take 5 to 7 minutes.)
  3. Once the stew has been boiling for 1 minute, give it a good stir, lower the heat to medium low, and simmer for 45 minutes with the lid on askew, stirring occasionally. A good simmer will produce gentle movement under the surface of the liquid, but no splatter.
  4. Adjust the seasoning if needed (you might like a little more salt), add the peas, turn the heat up to medium, and simmer another 5 to 10 minutes with the lid off, stirring occasionally.
  5. Serve with your starch of choice. The stewing liquid, and lots of it, is delicious over plain steamed rice. - - Enjoy! :)
  6. GOYA Sazon substitute: 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric and, if you have it, a pinch of saffron or 1 teaspoon of ground achiote (annatto)

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