Name: Chicken and pea casserole (Pollo arvejado)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Chilean
Ingredients: 6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced; 350 g/12 oz/3 cups fresh or frozen peas; 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil; 2 celery sticks, diced; salt and black pepper; 1 carrot, diced; 6 large chicken thighs; ½ green (bell) bell pepper, diced; 10 ml/2 tsp dried oregano; 50 ml/2 fl oz/¼ cup white wine; 2 sprigs of fresh thyme

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Cooking of Chile

By Boris Basso Benelli

Published 2014

About

Simple and quick to make, this one-pot meal is a classic Chilean dish. Most families eat pollo arvejado at least twice a month, and it is especially popular with children.

Ingredients

30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, diced
2

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the onion and sauté over a medium heat for 8 minutes, then add the garlic and continue to sauté for a further 2 minutes, until the onion is browned. Add the carrot, celery, pepper, oregano, thyme, salt and pepper. Sweat the mixture for about 5 minutes, until tender. Remove from the pan.
Add the chicken thighs to the pan with a l