Peruvian Chicken Soup (Aguadito de Pollo)

Delicious! I cooked it 40min as per the recipe then let it sit in the pot for 1 hour. When I warmed it up to serve, the potatoes were broken (mushy) so I pulled out the chicken pieces and cut it into bite size pieces and put back in the pot. The family LOVED it and even asked for seconds. New family favorite

So happy I found this recipe! Made some adaptations — seasoned the chicken with salt, pepper, and Caldo Del Pollo and used boned chicken with skin for extra flavor. I added a LOT more garlic, took out the red bell pepper, and used less potatoes. Used one carton of chicken broth and a few cups of water. I could tell adding the peas and corn so early on was going to make it mushy, so I saved half the corn and peas to add with the rice at the end. Garnished with some fresh cilantro, some fresh lime juice, and aji sauce.

Super! Travelled to Peru last year and was haunted by this soup. First, used chicken broth cubes #2 instead of stock (stock was too greasy on first attempt). Then, skipped the potatoes and green peas unintentionally, so I used garbanzo beans, garnished with Haas avocado and a squeeze of lime??

this was very good. used sweet potatoes instead of white just because i had to use it. thanks for the post Jose Mendoza!

I shredded my chicken because I do not like a soup you have to cut up before eating. I used the whole serrano because I wanted the heat and I threw some shrimp in that needed used up (loved that addition). This would have been a 5 star (with or without the shrimp) except the cook time is off. I shaved 10 minutes off and my rice was still overcooked. Great soup and one I will make again.

I've made this a couple of times now. I've never had Yukon potatoes before so decided to get the "proper" kind & try them. I still prefer red but they worked. I left the chicken and potatoes as bigger pieces for cooking as I was afraid if I strayed that the chicken might dry out while waiting for flavors to blend or whatever. And then once everything was cooked I cut things down a bit smaller. Couple of minor changes like leaving out the red pepper as they really don't do anything for me. All that olive oil was a bit much too. In the end, pretty good stuff with an interesting semi-tangy flavor. I didn't go wild crazy over it, but it's good, and reasonably easy to make.