Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, arroz con pollo / rice with chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mama's Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice also known as Arroz con Pollo. This one pan dinner is made with homemade adobo seasoned chicken, sofrito and savory rice. You'll make this recipe again and again!
Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have arroz con pollo / rice with chicken using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken:
- Take 2 tsp EVOO
- Take 2 tsp Sofrito
- Make ready 1/3 cup Chopped Red Onions
- Prepare 1/2 Chopped Roasted Sweet Red Pepper
- Get 1 Spanish Olives (optional)
- Take 1 envelope Chicken Bouillon
- Take 1 envelope Sazon
- Get 1 dash Cumin
- Take 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Prepare 1 Bay Leaf
- Make ready 4 oz Tomato Sauce
- Take 1 can Corn (with water)
- Take 1/2 bunch Chopped Cilantro
- Make ready 2 cup Uncooked White Rice
- Prepare 2 1/4 cup Water
- Take 1 small Chicken chopped in medium sized chunks
Authentic Arroz Con Pollo, or Latin chicken and rice, is the ultimate one-pot meal. It's a classic Colombian dish that I grew up on that I now love to cook for my family. There are many variations on the classic arroz con pollo. It is a traditional Latin American and Spanish chicken and rice recipe.
Steps to make Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken:
- Cut the chicken in medium chunks (leave wings for another meal), and season with adobo or salt and pepper to taste. *Boneless chicken breast is fine.
- Cook the chicken in a little olive oil or butter on medium to low heat.
- Once chicken is cooked, remove from pan and add sofrito and onions. (add more oil if needed). On medium heat cook until onions are translucent.
- Add tomato sauce, olives, red pepper, cumin, chicken bouillon, sazon, corn and bay leaf. Cook covered for 5 minutes.
- Add chicken, rice, water, cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. Cook uncovered until most of the water evaporates. ( About 10-15 minutes depending on your stove)
- Once water evaporates, stir from the bottom up ONLY 2-3 times. Reduce heat to low and cook for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, stir from the bottom up and rice should be nice and fluffy. If still uncooked cover again and cook for 10 minutes at a time.
- Enjoy :-)
Add the rice, browned chicken and water and bring to a gentle boil over moderately high heat. Quit perverting our recipes with ridiculous modifications. An arroz con pollo you find in Cuba may be quite different than one you find in Peru. Please read the comments at the end of this recipe to see some wonderful classic What follows is my mother's basic arroz con pollo recipe, which she adjusts depending on her mood and what she has on hand. Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer.
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