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Main dishes · Dominican Republic

Pollo guisado

Chicken braised in caramelised sugar with vegetables, the Dominican weekday lunch.

◷ 80 minutes♧ 5 servingsSave as cookbook PDF ↓

Ingredients

For 5 servings · tick what is ready

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LET’S COOK

How to make it

01

Wash the chicken with lime juice, rub it with oregano, garlic, salt and pepper and leave it an hour.

02

Melt the sugar in the oil over medium heat to a dark amber, without stirring with a spoon.

03

Put the chicken pieces into the caramel and brown them on all sides.

04

Add the onion, pepper and tomato paste and cook five minutes, stirring.

05

Add a cup of water, cover and stew twenty-five minutes on a low heat.

06

Add the potato in large pieces and stew twenty minutes more, until tender.

07

Stir in the olives and coriander, reduce the sauce to a coating consistency and serve with white rice.

About this recipe

By UniTools · Source: UniTools — theunitools.com. Recipe content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.