Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, arroz con pollo / rice with chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to 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 foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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:
- Get 2 tsp EVOO
- Make ready 2 tsp Sofrito
- Make ready 1/3 cup Chopped Red Onions
- Make ready 1/2 Chopped Roasted Sweet Red Pepper
- Make ready 1 Spanish Olives (optional)
- Get 1 envelope Chicken Bouillon
- Take 1 envelope Sazon
- Make ready 1 dash Cumin
- Make ready 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Prepare 1 Bay Leaf
- Take 4 oz Tomato Sauce
- Get 1 can Corn (with water)
- Make ready 1/2 bunch Chopped Cilantro
- Get 2 cup Uncooked White Rice
- Make ready 2 1/4 cup Water
- Take 1 small Chicken chopped in medium sized chunks
It's a classic Colombian dish that I grew up on that I now love to cook for my I season my chicken and rice with sazon, a common Latin spice blend. If you can't find it at your grocery store, you can make your own. Make Arroz con Pollo tonight–everyone loves an easy rice and chicken dish. The Classic Caribbean and Spanish Meal–Arroz con Pollo–is a popular staple in the Caribbean kitchen.
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 :-)
Our chicken and rice is extra special with the addition of Sazon GOYA?? with Azafran, which adds color. Arroz con Pollo is a classic Latin American dish, with each country???and each family, for that matter???having its own unique recipe. 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. Rinse the rice and place in a bowl. (Please check the ingredients list below). Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
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