Arroz Borracho Recipes

ARROZ CON POLLO BORRACHERA (DRUNK CHICKEN AND RICE)

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, sprinkle salt and pepper on the chicken pieces, then pour the rum and lime juice over and set aside.
• Add olive oil to large paella pan and heat over a medium fire. Then, add onions, green peppers, and red peppers. Saute until tender. Then, add garlic and then the crushed tomatoes. This should simmer for at least 3 minutes.
• Next, add the drunk chicken followed by the marinade. Let simmer. Add chicken broth, the saffron, and then the rice. Bring all of this to a boil, cover with foil, and place in a preheated 350-degree oven for 25 minutes or until rice has absorbed the liquid but is still slightly wet.
• Garnish with peas, pimientos, and parsley and serve.

POLLO BORRACHO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Season chicken with salt, pepper, and oregano. In ovenproof skillet, heat olive oil and brown chicken pieces on all sides. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
• Reduce heat, add onion and garlic, and cook for 5 minutes. Add the bay leaves, wine, tequila, and olives. Return chicken to the pan, cover, and cook in the oven until tender and browned, about 40 to 45 minutes. Remove and serve.

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.

ARROZ GORDO

Steps:

• Place raisins, 1/2 cup of the vinegar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer, remove from heat and set aside. Toss croutons with 3 tablespoons duck fat in a skillet on medium heat until lightly browned. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a heavy shallow saucepan that has a cover. Add onion, bell pepper and a teaspoon of salt, cover and cook on low about 20 minutes, stirring from time to time, until vegetables are soft. Uncover and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables start to caramelize, another 20 minutes or so. Add garlic, tomato paste and paprika and continue to cook 30 minutes more, until oil starts to pool in pan. Deglaze pan with 1 tablespoon vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
• Place duck confit in a large pot, add 12 cups water, the scallions, ginger and 1 tablespoon salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook 1 hour. Remove duck, strain broth and reserve, discarding scallions and ginger. Finely chop duck meat and fat and set aside.
• Bring strained duck broth to a boil in the original pot, add rice, stir and cook 4 minutes. Drain well, discarding liquid. Spread rice on a sheet pan to cool 30 to 40 minutes.
• Transfer rice to a large mixing bowl. Drain raisins and fold in, along with duck and the onion and bell pepper mixture. Use rice immediately to continue recipe or refrigerate up to 3 days.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a large, heavy casserole, at least 6 quarts, with the remaining duck fat. Add the rice, flattening the surface. Make a 2-inch hole, down to the surface of the pan, in the center of the rice. Place pan on medium-high heat for about 5 minutes, until rice starts to sizzle. Pour chicken stock into the opening, cover pan, cook just 5 minutes, then place in the oven for 30 minutes. Rice should be steamed, fluffy and crisped around the bottom and sides. Remove from oven and keep covered.
• Reduce heat to 300 degrees. On a baking sheet or two, spread basted pork, basted chicken and sliced sausage. Bake meats about 10 minutes, until heated through. Remove from oven and cover sheet with foil.
• Shortly before serving, uncover the rice. If you plan to serve the dish from its cooking vessel, scatter the croutons on top and arrange the pork, chicken and sausage over the rice. Otherwise transfer the rice to an ovenproof serving platter, add the croutons and arrange the pork, chicken and sausage on top. Place in the oven 10 minutes to reheat.
• Remove from the oven and place the shrimp, clams, eggs, olives, lemons and scallions around the rice. Drizzle the pan sauce from the shrimp on top. Dust a little chile powder on the eggs and lemon wedges and serve.

ARROZ CALDO

Steps:

• Heat 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat; add 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes.
• Wash glutinous rice and jasmine rice in a bowl; rinse with water.
• Heat remaining 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a large saucepan; cook red onion, ginger, and 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic until aromatic, about 3 minutes. Add chicken and cook until brown, about 15 minutes. Stir in rice; cook 1 minute more. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in chicken stock. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add more chicken stock if desired. Remove from heat.
• Mix in fish sauce. Top with eggs, green onion, and remaining toasted garlic.

POLLO BORRACHO (CUBAN)

Steps:

• Wash the chicken pieces, pat dry with paper towels, and season with salt, pepper and oregano.
• In an oven-proof skillet large enough to hold the chicken pieces without crowding, heat the olive oil over medium heat until fragrant.
• Brown the chicken pieces on both sides.
• Remove the chicken from the pan and set it aside.
• Reduce the heat to low, add the garlic and onions, and cook, stirring, until tender, 6-8 minutes, adding more oil if necessary.
• Add the bay leaf, wine, rum and olives and stir to incorporate.
• Return the chicken to the pan, cover, and cook over low heat until tender, about 45 to 60 minutes OR, if you prefer, place the covered skillet in a 350F oven for 45 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaf and serve.
• Delicious with white or yellow rice.

ARROZ CALDO AS MADE BY JANNA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Peel the ginger using a spoon, then slice thinly.
• Cube the chicken breasts.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the garlic and fry until golden brown, 2-3 minutes. Remove from the pan, draining off any excess oil, and set aside.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in a large pan with a lid over medium-high heat. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add the onion and sliced ginger and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add the chicken and rice and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Add the water and cover with the lid. Simmer until the water is absorbed, the rice is tender, and the chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the fish sauce.
• Serve the chicken and rice with lime juice, hard-boiled eggs, scallions, the fried garlic, and chicharrones.
• Enjoy!

FRIJOLES NEGRO BARRACHOS AKA DRUNK BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Sort and rinse beans. Put beans in a dutch oven and cover with cool water to 3 or 4 inches over the beans. Soak overnight or bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes, remove from heat, cover and 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans and return to dutch oven with fresh water about 2 inches over the beans. Add one onion half with skin, bay leaf and baking soda to the dutch oven containing the beans and water. NO SALT YET! Using high heat bring beans to a boil then lower heat to medium high a and cook 20-25 minutes or until beans are al dente. Remove from the heat completely and season with salt, to taste. Do NOT add salt prior to this as beans will stay tough.
• Meanwhile, make seasoning paste: With scissors, cut stems from chilies and open them down one side to discard seeds and any large membrane. Put chilies in a bowl with very hot water to cover well and weigh down with something to keep them submerged. Soak for at least 15 minutes or until you are ready for them. Skip if using canned chipotles.
• In an oven proof skillet with NO oil or spray add one onion, quartered, and jalapeno. Broil about 5-7 minutes or so until blackened and charred. Remove from pan, remove seeds and stem from jalapeno when cool.
• While cooling toast cumin and coriander seeds In same skillet, wiped clean if needed, just until they begin to release their fragrance.
• Drain chilies and discard soaking water. Toss chilies, toasted seeds, charred onion and jalapeno, garlic, oregano, 1 tsp salt, cumin, coriander, peppercorns, cloves and half of the broth. Blend until smooth, adding a little more broth if needed to get the mixture moving.
• Heat oil in the same skillet until and add puréed mixture, Sounds weird but trust me! Cover with a lid to keep it from splashing and burning you and making a huge mess. Cook 5 -10 minutes or so, until fragrant and slightly thicker. Stir often to keep it from burning and be careful it does not splash on you.
• Drain beans again and remove bay leaf and onion. Add all the paste to the beans along with the beer, rest of broth, tomatoes with their juice, celery, carrot and the remaining onion half, roughly chopped.
• Allow to simmer uncovered for about 20 minutes or so or until the beans are completely done and veggies are tender. You can add a little water, broth or better yet, beer, if you wish.
• Stir in chopped cilantro, lime zest and juice. Taste now and season with more salt if desired. Enjoy!
• Note: You can make this a main dish by tossing in about 1/2 cup rendered chorizo or other sausage or cooked meat if desired or leave vegetarian. Either way this is great over brown rice or even white rice.
• Note: This freezes very well. I pour two cups into a ziploc bag, seal, label and lay flat. Once frozen you can stack them up on top of each other. Then thaw and reheat and serve over rice if desired.