Arozconpollochickenwithrice Recipes

ARROZ CON POLLO

Steps:

• Put the chicken pieces in a large bowl or casserole. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle the lime juice over the chicken. Set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in the stock pot. Add the annatto seeds, cooking until the release their color and start to crackle and pop. Remove the seeds with a strainer and discard.
• Add the chicken pieces, skin side down and cook over medium-high heat until brown. Turn the pieces over and cook the other side until brown. Remove the chicken from the pot and put on a plate, covering to keep it warm.
• Add the onions, green pepper, red pepper, and garlic to the pot. Cook over medium heat until the onions are translucent.
• Add the tomato sauce, chopped tomato, cumin, and bay leaf. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken, wine, beer, and sherry and cook over medium heat for about 8 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add the rinsed rice and bring back to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cook about 20 to 25 minutes, until the rice has absorbed the liquid. If there is still a lot of liquid in the pot, then remove the lid for the last 5 minutes or so of cooking.
• Stir in pimientos, olives, capers, peas, cilantro as desired. Serve with lime wedges and squeeze some of the juice over the rice.

CHICKEN AND RICE (ARROZ CON POLLO)

Steps:

• To make the stock: Place the chicken breast, 5 cups water and the remaining ingredients for the stock in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce the heat to medium low. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes. Turn the heat off and let the chicken rest in the pot for about 15 minutes covered. Let it cool, shred and set aside. Strain stock and measure 2 ½ cups and set aside.
• In a medium pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions, green peppers, garlic and red bell pepper. Cook until the onions are translucent, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add the rice, tomato paste, chicken bouillon and sazon goya. Stir until the rice is well coated about 3 minutes. Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes. Add the peas, carrots and green beans and cook for and additional 7 minutes, add the shredded chicken and cilantro, mix well with a fork, cover and cook for 5 minutes more.
• Serve this arroz con pollo with a green salad on the side and Enjoy!

ARROZ CON POLLO (RICE WITH CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Add 3 drumsticks and 3 thighs to the Dutch oven and cook until browned on both sides, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove the chicken pieces with a slotted spoon and set aside. Repeat with the remaining drumsticks and thighs.
• Add the onions and peppers to the pot and cook until the onions are translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for about 1 minute. Add the paprika, cumin, saffron and bay leaves, stirring until incorporated. Next, add the diced tomatoes, chicken broth, beer, rice and 1 teaspoon salt; mix well. Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer.
• Return the chicken pieces to the pot, cover, and transfer to the oven for 20 minutes. Remove the pot from the oven, add the peas and pimientos, then cover and return to the oven until the rice is completely tender, another 5 to 10 minutes.

ARROZ CON POLLO (CHICKEN AND RICE)

Steps:

• Using paper towels, pat chicken dry. Season chicken with Adobo. Heat oil in caldero, or large heavy pot over medium heat. Cook chicken, in batches, until brown on all sides, 7-10 minutes; set aside.
• Stir onions, peppers and garlic into pot; cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add rice, bouillon and Sazon to pot; cook, stirring constantly, until rice is completely coated in oil mixture, about 1 minute.
• Stir in 3 cups water; bring to a boil. Add alcaparrado and chicken (skin-side up) to pot. Cover pot, reduce heat to low and simmer until water is absorbed, rice is tender and chicken is cooked through, about 25 minutes.
• To serve, using fork, fluff rice; garnish with pimiento strips and peas.

ARROZ CON POLLO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat vegetable oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir chicken pieces until browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove chicken with a slotted spoon and place on a plate. Cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, minced garlic, and whole garlic cloves in the same Dutch oven until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
• Return chicken to the onion mixture. Add tomatoes, rice, salt, oregano, black pepper, and bay leaf. Pour in enough chicken stock to cover all the ingredients.
• Bake chicken-rice mixture in the preheated oven until rice is tender and chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Stir peas, olives, raisins, and pimento peppers into the chicken-rice mixture. Bake until warmed through, an additional 15 minutes.

RICE WITH CHICKEN: ARROZ CON POLLO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season the chicken with salt, pepper, and lime juice. In a large casserole or dutch oven, heat the olive oil. Brown the chicken, remove the chicken from the pan, and set aside.
• Add the onions, peppers, and garlic to the casserole. Cook until translucent. Add the tomato sauce, cumin, and bay leaf; cook for another 5 minutes. Add the chicken, wine, beer, and sherry, and cook for 5 to 8 minutes. Add the stock, bring to a boil, and adjust the seasoning. Add the drained rice and the saffron.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, cover, and cook in the oven for 20 minutes.
• Remove the rice from the oven and add the peas, fluffing the rice and mixing in the peas at the same time. Serve hot.

AROZ CON POLLO (CHICKEN WITH RICE)

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken lightly with salt.
• Brown chicken in hot oil for about 15 minutes.
• Remove chicken from pan.
• Cook rice, onion, garlic in the same pan with drippings until rice is browned.
• Add water, undrained tomatoes, bouillon, salt, pepper, and saffron.
• Bring to boil.
• Stir well.
• Arrange chicken on top of rice.
• Cover and simmer for 35 minutes or until chicken is tender.
• Add peas and pimiento.
• Cover and cook 5 minutes more.

ARROZ CON POLLO (CHICKEN WITH RICE)

Steps:

• In a deep, heavy-based pot (such as a Dutch oven), heat the oil on medium high. Sauté the chicken, in batches if necessary, until golden on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a platter.
• Sauté the sausage until browned, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer the sausage to the platter.
• Pour off and discard the excess oil, leaving about 1 Tbs. in the pan.
• Reduce the heat to medium and sauté the onion, pepper, and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Return the chicken and sausage to the pot and add the cumin, paprika, chili powder, and turmeric, if using, stirring to distribute the spices. Cook for 1 minute and then add the tomatoes, wine (or beer), and bay leaf.
• Increase the heat to medium high, stir, and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the rice and water. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook until the rice is done and the liquid is absorbed, about 25 minutes. (If the rice is done but still very soupy, remove the cover and cook very gently until the liquid evaporates, taking care not to burn the rice.).
• Give a toss and then let sit for 5 minutes before serving.