Sofrito Chicken Stew

Skinless chicken legs and thighs, slowly stewed in light beer (it cooks out) with scallions, tomatoes, cilantro, peppers, garlic and spices.

As I mentioned last week, I am slowly re-shooting some of my favorite recipes from the archives with unflattering photos. This is one I've been wanting to re-post for a while because it's a favorite of mine. As the colder weather slowly approaches in the coming months, this dish will warm your kitchen and hopefully give you the same comfort it gives me.

My favorite way to eat this is served over rice with a slice of avocado. I make so many variations of this dish depending on what I have on hand; sometimes I add baby potatoes, yucca, bay leaves, or I'll make it without the beer. If you are really opposed to cooking with alcohol, perhaps a non-alcoholic beer or simply adding water would work instead.



For those of you who already make this, and perhaps have this printed out, I made some slight modifications to this and previously listed the servings for two pieces of chicken, but realistically one piece over rice fills me up perfectly. I based the points off of 1 thigh, a drumstick should be the same. The rice is not calculated here, that would be extra.

Sofrito Chicken Stew
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes

Servings: 8 • Serving Size: 1 thigh • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 3 pts

Calories: 129.1 • Fat: 4.7 g • Protein: 14.6 g • Carb: 5.9 g • Fiber: 1.2 g • Sugar: 0.7 g Sodium: 675.4 mg 

Ingredients:

For Sofrito:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 6 scallions, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped fine
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1/3 cup diced red bell pepper
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 packet sazón or 1 tsp annatto seed powder

For Stew:

• 8 pieces chicken legs and/or thighs on the bone, skin removed
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 6 oz light beer
• 1 cup water
• salt to taste
• 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped (or to taste)

Directions:

Heat oil in a deep saute pan. Add scallions and garlic, sauté 2 minutes, add tomatoes and peppers. Season with salt, cumin, and sazón or annatto. Set aside.

Season chicken with salt and garlic powder; add to center of the pan allowing chicken to brown slightly on both sides. Combine chicken with sofrito, and add beer, water and cilantro, adjust salt if needed. Cover pan and simmer on low until chicken is cooked through, about 20-30 minutes. Serve over rice.