Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, arroz con pollo / rice with chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
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!
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have arroz con pollo / rice with chicken using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken:
- Prepare 2 tsp EVOO
- Make ready 2 tsp Sofrito
- Take 1/3 cup Chopped Red Onions
- Make ready 1/2 Chopped Roasted Sweet Red Pepper
- Make ready 1 Spanish Olives (optional)
- Take 1 envelope Chicken Bouillon
- Prepare 1 envelope Sazon
- Make ready 1 dash Cumin
- Take 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Make ready 1 Bay Leaf
- Make ready 4 oz Tomato Sauce
- Make ready 1 can Corn (with water)
- Take 1/2 bunch Chopped Cilantro
- Get 2 cup Uncooked White Rice
- Make ready 2 1/4 cup Water
- Prepare 1 small Chicken chopped in medium sized chunks
For mine, I like to use whole pieces of chicken (legs or thighs) that I season with chile powder, cumin, and oregano before adding the rice. Place the chicken in a bowl and toss with a generous seasoning of sea salt, black pepper and oregano. Cook the chicken thighs until they are an even golden colour all over and are almost cooked through. Authentic Arroz Con Pollo, or Latin chicken and rice, is the ultimate one-pot meal.
Instructions 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 :-)
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. 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.
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