Pollo Guisado

Reviews

Portions:
4

Serving Size:
2 cups

Diet Types:

Peel and cut potato into a large dice. Boil potatoes until soft in a large pot of water. Drain water and set aside. Dry the chicken thighs thoroughly with paper towels. Cut into two-inch cubes and season with adobo.
Place a pot on medium high heat and add oil. Add chicken in one layer and brown, turning once.
Once brown, remove chicken from pot and set aside. Large dice the onion and finely chop garlic. Add onion and garlic and cook for 2 minutes on low heat.
Large dice the green pepper. Add the tomato sauce and bell pepper and bring to a boil.
Cut carrot into 1/4-inch rounds. Add the Sazon, bay leaves, oregano, olives, carrots, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil.
Add the chicken back to the pot along with potatoes. Lower the heat and allow to simmer for 45 minutes.
Remove from heat and enjoy!

This recipe is higher in potassium, but it is a one-dish meal, which would be an acceptable amount of potassium. If you are on a lower potassium diet, omit the tomato sauce.
Homemade Sazon use equal parts garlic powder, ground cumin, ground coriander, ground annatto (or turmeric), and ground oregano. This recipe would be 1/4 teaspoon each. Keep a mixture on hand to use in other recipes. Store bought Sazon is higher in sodium.
Make a batch of DaVita’s Adobo seasoning to also keep on hand for other recipes. This recipe already contains salt in the ingredients, so omit for this recipe when making adobo seasoning.
Boiling potatoes reduces potassium content by 50-75%. You may also double boil them to reduce potassium a bit more.

Submitted by: DaVita Dietitian Meghan from Massachusetts