Asopao De Pollo Y Mariscos Recipes

PUERTO RICAN SEAFOOD SOUP: ASOPAO DE MARISCOS

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, add enough olive oil to coat the bottom the pan thinly and saute the large diced white onion and large diced green pepper until translucent. Add lobster heads and shrimp shells. Cook until color starts changing and starts to look red. Add tomato sauce, white wine, and bay leaf. Add clam juice and water. Cook for at least 2 hours, then strain.
• In a medium size stockpot, saute the small diced onion, and small diced pepper until translucent. Add rice, clams, mussels, bay leaf, and a pinch of saffron. Add all strained seafood stock and cook until rice is soft, approximately 20 minutes. Add shrimp, scallops, and lobster. Cook for approximately 8 minutes. Add culantro and season with salt and pepper.

ASOPAO DE POLLO

Steps:

• Season chicken thighs with black pepper and adobo seasoning.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir green pepper, red pepper, onion, garlic, and tomato paste in the hot oil, until the vegetables have softened slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove vegetables from the pot and set aside.
• Pan fry chicken in the pot until browned, 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Return cooked vegetables to the pot along with rice, diced tomatoes, chicken broth, bay leaf, and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until rice is tender and chicken is no longer pink inside, about 20 minutes.
• Stir in peas and olives and cook for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and discard bay leaf. Stir in cilantro and serve.

ASOPAO DE POLLO Y MARISCOS

Steps:

• Mix the chicken, thyme, oregano and garlic. Set aside. In a large non-reactive heavy skillet on medium heat, heat the oil and saute the chicken to brown on all sides. Reserve.
• Add the bacon and saute until browned. Add the onions, peppers, hot pepper and stir for a few minutes to cook through. Add the tomatoes.
• Add the rice and coconut, and stir to coat with vegetables. Add the wine and cook for a few minutes to cook away half the liquid.
• Add the chicken stock and freshly ground pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and cover and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
• Remove the cover and stir in the shrimp, peas and lime juice. Cover and cook for 8 minutes more. Season to taste with sea salt, and serve.

ASOPAO DE POLLO

Steps:

• Rub the chicken thighs with salt, pepper, and half of the garlic.
• In a large dutch oven heat half of the oil. Add the chicken and cook over medium high heat for about five minutes on each side, or until slightly browned. Remove chicken from the pot.
• Add the remaining oil to the pot and begin to saute the onion, pepper, celery, and ham over low heat. Once the onion is soft add the garlic and half the cilantro. Cook for about 10 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, tomato paste, water or stock, and seasonings. Cook for about 15 minutes, or until bubbling.
• Add chicken, cover, and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until chicken is tender.
• Add rice, peas, and remaining cilantro. Make sure there is plenty of liquid. You want this to be a bit soupy. Stir well, bring to a boil again, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the rice is done.
• Add the cheese and serve.

ASOPAO DE POLLO (PUERTO RICAN CHICKEN & RICE GUMBO)

Steps:

• Cut the chicken thighs into about 2 inch chunks, then season with adobo and dried oregano.
• Heat a Dutch oven on medium heat, then add the olive oil, sofrito and chicken.
• Add the tomato sauce, Sazon, cumin, bay leaves, bouillon cube, and the chicken broth.
• Add the cilantro and thyme to the pot, then bring the mixture to a boil.
• Add the rice and stir, then reduce the heat to medium-low and cover the pot.
• Cook the rice for 25-30 minutes, or until tender. Then, next the corn into the rice and cook for 5 minutes.
• Once the corn is cooked, add the peas and stir to combine.
• Serve the asopao nice and hot!

ASOPAO DE CAMARONES | SHRIMP AND RICE STEW

Steps:

• Warm oil in a large stockpot over medium high heat and add onions and peppers. Cook for 3 minutes, or until vegetables soften.
• Add in sofrito, shrimp tails, garlic, salt, cilantro, and thyme. Saute for another 3-4 minutes. Add in water and simmer water for about 10-15 minutes.
• Turn off heat to allow shrimp broth to cool.
• Once the shrimp broth has cooled slightly, drain the pot in a colander over a VERY LARGE bowl or another pot to RESERVE THE SHRIMP BROTH.
• In the same pot warm oil and we'll build the sofrito sauce by adding in chopped onions, chopped peppers, garlic and sofrito.
• Allow this to cook for about a minute or until fragrant (stirring frequently to keep it from burning). Next, add in salt, pepper, oregano, sazon, and a pinch of cumin.
• After twenty seconds, add in the tomato sauce and about a quarter cup of the raw shrimp and set the rest of the shrimp to the side until the end. Allow the sofrito sauce to infuse with the shrimp for about thirty seconds before gently adding in the shrimp broth.
• Higher heat and bring shrimp broth to a boil; add in rice. Lower heat to medium or until the shrimp broth is at a steady and gentle simmer.
• Allow the rice to cook, stirring it occasionally.
• Once rice is tender and cooked through, add in the remaining raw shrimp and chopped cilantro. Cook an additional five minutes, or until shrimp is pink and cooked through.
• Taste for seasoning.

SOPHIA'S PUERTO RICAN STYLE SEAFOOD STEW (ASOPADO DE MARISCOS)

Steps:

• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a stock pot over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Stir in green peppers and cook 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, cilantro, and bay leaves; saute 2 minutes. Stir in garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Pour in white wine, bring to a boil, and cook until wine is reduced by half. about 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low.
• Place white fish and shrimp into pot and gently simmer until fish starts to turn white, about 5 minutes. Season with saffron, salt, and pepper. Add 2 cups seafood stock, clams, and mussels and cook 5 minutes. Pour in remaining 2 cups seafood stock. Simmer until flavors are combined and seafood is cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Spoon rice into stew by tablespoons until stew has reached your desired thickness. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 5 more minutes.