Pollo Guisado a la Jardinera (Braised Chicken with Vegetables)

Name: Pollo Guisado a la Jardinera (Braised Chicken with Vegetables)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 larges carrots, peeled and sliced; 118 milliliters chicken broth; 8 skin-on chicken legs or thighs; 59 milliliters fresh cilantro, chopped; 3 garlic cloves; 237 milliliters green beans, cut into bite size; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 3 Tbsps lemon juice; 1 onion, finely chopped; 0 teaspoons oregano; 1 red bell pepper, sliced; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 1 teaspoon sugar; 473 milliliters tomato sauce; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

Pollo Guisado a la Jardinera (Braised Chicken with Vegetables) might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 696 calories, 46g of protein, and 49g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. A mixture of ground cumin, vegetable oil, skin-on chicken legs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Season the chicken with the lemon juice, salt and pepper. Set aside for 15 minutes. In a sauce pan over medium-high heat, warm the oil. Working in batches, brown the chicken on both sides, about 9 minutes per batch.

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Salt And Pepper

Lemon Juice

Whole Chicken

Sauce

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Transfer to a plate.

Add the onion and bell pepper to the same sauce pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Bell Pepper

Onion

Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Add the garlic and cook about 1 minute more.

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Garlic

Add the broth, tomato sauce, sugar, cumin and oregano and bring to a boil, scraping up the browned bits from the pan bottom.Return the chicken to the pot, reduce the heat to low, and add the carrots and green beans. Cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked, about 25 to 30 minutes.

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Tomato Sauce