Puerto Rican Style Chicken Stew

Ingredients

• chicken
• oil
• adobo to taste
• onion powder to taste
• oregano small amount
• Sazon packet
• salt to taste
• black pepper to taste
• garlic paste
• lime
• cilantro
• potatoes
• carrots
• bell peppers
• tomato sauce
• 1 cup water

Salad Recipe

• baby spinach
• Roma tomatoes olive or avocado oil
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• Add your favorite vinaigrette or salad dressing

Sofrito Recipe

• 2 medium Spanish onions, cut into large chunks (about 2 cups)
• 4 cubanelle peppers, stemmed, seeded, and cut into large chunks (about 2 cups)
• 1 large red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and roughly chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 1 large bunch of cilantro, washed and roughly chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 18 medium cloves garlic, peeled
• 8 ajices dulces, stemmed (small, brightly colored pods that look very much like habanero peppers, without the habanero heat.
• 4 leaves of cilantro

Note: If you can't find ajices dulces, you can omit them. If you can't find culantro, substitute additional cilantro.
Place onions and cubanelle peppers into the food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse until coarsely chopped.
With the motor running, add the remaining ingredients one at a time through the feed tube and process until smooth. Transfer to container and store in the refrigerator for up to three days, or freeze.