Puerto Rican Chicken stewed in a flavorful broth of sofrito and tomato. In Spanish it’s called Guisado de Pollo and it’s a classic dinner served with rice. A steaming bowl of stewed chicken is Puerto Rican comfort food at its best!
Puerto Rican Chicken
Hello, readers! You all looove Puerto Rican food! Also sweets, but when it comes to dinner my Puerto Rican recipes are the most popular on the blog.
Today I’m adding another essential recipe to the arsenal: Puerto Rican Chicken. Sometimes this dish is called Pollo en Fricase, sometimes Guisado de Pollo.
The only real difference I can find between the two is the amount of liquid in the final product. Guisado (or stew) is usually more soupy and fricassee more tomato-y. Sometimes it’s all about the chicken and sometimes potatoes or other vegetables are added.
My mom likes to add zucchini to her Puerto Rican chicken. This is not at all traditional, but it increases the nutritional value and tastes delicious! Basically, anything you add to this stew will soak up the incredible flavors of the broth which is my favorite part.
Because the broth is so tasty and flavorful, we like to serve this stew over over. It soaks up every last drop and increases the comfort level. I’m getting hungry as I write this!
You’ll need sofrito to make this recipe, so check out my post on Puerto Rican sofrito, which also includes substitutes if you can’t find certain ingredients!
Puerto Rican style chicken stewed in a sofrito based broth with potatoes and olives.
Puerto Rican Chicken (Guisado de Pollo)
Ingredients
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Instructions
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If you like Puerto Rican food, also try these delicious recipes…
Puerto Rican Beans with Rice
Puerto Rican Rice
Puerto Rican Pork Chops
Rebecca says
Thankyou so much for this recipe!!! I’m a novice cook, and this was easy to follow and make. I grew up with food like this…. now, I live in a really rural area and there is no place to get anything other than pizza. Anyway, I just made it, I’m actually eating as I’m writing. 🙂 Delicious! I made it with boneless chicken…. still good. 🙂 I did have a hard time finding the Sophrito, primarily because I thought it was a spice…. lol. It was near the Goya section. Thank you so much!
Rebekah says
Thanks so much! I’ve made it with boneless chicken before too. 🙂 Thanks for the tip on where to find sofrito – readers will appreciate that.
Holly says
One of my best childhood friends is Puerto Rican, and I loved going to her house for dinner! Found this recipe and made it to the T. It was exactly like my friend’s mom used to make! It made a lot (just my boyfriend and me at the house) so I took it to work the next day, along with arroz con grandules. Now everyone thinks I can cook, haha! Thank you so much!
Pat says
Can you do this with boneless chicken?
Rebekah says
Yes, I’ve done it with boneless before.
ellen says
I made this tonight and it was soooo good! Comfort food! Adding it to one of my favorites! Thank you! Oh and the sofrito -I could just eat that by itself even!
Katie says
I for one am grateful for your Puerto Rican recipes!! About a year ago my now boyfriend woo’d me with homemade coquito so I decided to win him over with some home cooking of my own lol. I start out on Pinterest but I always end up here! Your recipes are easy to follow and delicious, I’m trying this one out tonight 😊
Rebekah says
That must have been some good coquito!! 😀 That’s so cool and thank you for commenting you made my day!
Henry Davis Jr. says
Excellent recipe. This is my eighth time making it . My family totally loves it. Took some to my co-workers from Puerto Rico and they loved it. They were impressed. This time I made my own sofrito. Thank you!
Rebekah says
Thank you, Henry! Really appreciate hearing that and glad everyone loves it!
Chery says
I need to tell you that I Am in love with your recipes !! From day one making the Puerto Rican rice and beans it has been a staple for me at least once a week I am actually sitting here at 10:45 on a Wednesday night because I just finished making a large pot of rice and a large part of Beans ?, I am looking forward to trying some of the other recipes that I saw on your site maybe one day I can impress my daughter’s family with cooking them food that they were normally cook for us ❤ thank you so much for sharing I will be back to look for more delicious meals !!
Rebekah says
Thank you SO much!! You totally made my day and I hope your family enjoys these recipes as much as we do! 😀
Jess says
The difference between fricase de pollo and pollo “guisao” is that fricase traditional fricase has raisins, and wine in the broth. Pollo guisado doesn’t have either. I love both with way. Both of both worlds and cultures!
Rebekah says
Thank you! That totally makes sense now with the wine in the broth!
Lc says
No measurements on seasoning = bad recipe
Rebekah says
Thank you for your comment! I wrote this recipe waaay back before I knew how to format a recipe, but I’ve updated it with the correct measurements now. Years later and it’s still one of our family’s absolute favorite meals. 🙂
LC says
Thanks for adding specifics! Wonderful recipe. Question does the salt get added to the chicken? It’s not listed in the ingredients but listed in the instructions. I added the salt and it wasn’t salty so I’d assume yes.
Rebekah says
Thanks for catching that! You are correct – the salt is added to both the chicken and the broth. I updated the recipe to fix that!