Chicken à la trash (Pollo a la basura) from Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking by Pati Jinich

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  • kbrooks on January 12, 2026

    Packed with flavor! Like GiselleMarie,I skipped roasting the poblanos and added them with the onions. That worked fine. I also used bone in skin on chicken thighs instead of breasts. I think this made it more flavorful and the chicken was moist and tender. Will certainly make this again.

  • baileyverma on November 20, 2025

    We absolutely loved this dish. Unique combination of ingredients and a real surprise for how tasty they were in unidon.

  • chawkins on August 27, 2020

    I was more intrigued by the name of the dish than the list of ingredients. With both poblanos and potatoes harvested from the garden, I gave this a try and I’m glad I did, it was quite tasty. Good use of my harvest. I used two different kinds of potatoes because that was what I got.

  • TrishaCP on February 28, 2020

    I’ve been meaning to try this recipe for ages and I’m so happy that I finally go around to doing so. This is delicious if you like the combination of savory and sweet. Really delicious use of poblanos.

  • GiselleMarie on October 29, 2019

    I didn’t expect to like this much because it’s an unusual combination of ingredients, hence the recipe’s peculiar title. My prunes seemed hopelessly hard but I soaked them in very hot water for 20 minutes before chopping them and they worked perfectly in this dish. I also started dinner late, which motivated me to take one shortcut: it calls for charring the poblano peppers in the oven, but I skipped this step entirely and added chopped raw poblanos directly to the chicken in the pot along with the onions. My husband and I loved this! I’ll definitely make this again.

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