The "holy trinity" is used as the base of most soups and stews—including gumbo ... and rice-and-bean dishes. A Puerto Rican version of sofrito is known as recaito, and often includes ajíes ...

This particular pollo guisado recipe originated as a Puerto Rican recipe. While some translate guisado strictly as “stew,” the term also implies that a dish is homey and comforting ...