Colombian Chicken And Rice Recipes

COLOMBIAN ARROZ CON POLLO: CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over low heat. Stir-fry the chopped peppers, garlic and onion, and stir until they're golden brown.
• Add 3 cups of rice; remember to stir everything well.
• Add 5 cups of water, the chopped veggies, chicken breast, bouillon, seasoning and salt. Stir and let cook at medium heat for approximately 15 minutes or until the rice dries.
• Once rice has absorbed all the water, cover the pot and cook at low heat for 10 to 15 minutes until the rice is soft.

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 (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.

COLOMBIAN ARROZ CON POLLO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare chicken wings by cutting off the tips (either toss or use to make broth later); separate wings into two pieces at the joint.
• Season generously with salt, pepper, and oregano; set aside while preparing the other ingredients.
• Heat broth and saffron, over low heat, in a small covered saucepan (this releases the yellow color from the saffron which will color the rice beautifully).
• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven, over medium heat, and brown chicken pieces on all sides, about 8 - 10 minutes; remove, cover, and set aside (they may not be cooked through).
• Add onions and peppers to Dutch oven and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic; cook about 1 minute.
• Add wine or beer and scrape bottom of pan to remove the brown bits that have stuck onto the pan's bottom.
• Add bay leaf, red pepper flakes, rice, and broth with saffron; stir to combine.
• Bring mixture almost to a boil, then cover and put in oven (or pour into a pretty oven-safe covered casserole).
• Cook in oven until rice is almost tender, about 25 minutes.
• Nestle chicken pieces into the rice; rinse peas and carrots, green olives, and capers in a large strainer and distribute over chicken and rice.
• Arrange red pepper strips over all, cover, and return to oven until chicken is cooked through and rice is tender, about 10 minutes.