Steps to Prepare Perfect Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day. Today I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken. This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken Recipe. 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 can have Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken

1. You need 2 tsp of EVOO.
2. Prepare 2 tsp of Sofrito.
3. It’s 1/3 cup of Chopped Red Onions.
4. It’s 1/2 of Chopped Roasted Sweet Red Pepper.
5. It’s 1 of Spanish Olives (optional).
6. Prepare 1 envelope of Chicken Bouillon.
7. Prepare 1 envelope of Sazon.
8. It’s 1 dash of Cumin.
9. Make ready 1 of Salt and Pepper to taste.
10. It’s 1 of Bay Leaf.
11. Make ready 4 oz of Tomato Sauce.
12. It’s 1 can of Corn (with water).
13. You need 1/2 bunch of Chopped Cilantro.
14. Take 2 cup of Uncooked White Rice.
15. Prepare 2 1/4 cup of Water.
16. Take 1 small of Chicken chopped in medium sized chunks.

Turn to packaged saffron rice blend for intriguing flavor for this classic Mexican chicken dish, made even easier with frozen mixed vegetables.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.Authentic Arroz Con Pollo, or Latin chicken and rice, is the ultimate one-pot meal.

Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken step by step

1. 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..
2. Cook the chicken in a little olive oil or butter on medium to low heat..
3. 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..
4. Add tomato sauce, olives, red pepper, cumin, chicken bouillon, sazon, corn and bay leaf. Cook covered for 5 minutes..
5. 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).
6. Once water evaporates, stir from the bottom up ONLY 2-3 times. Reduce heat to low and cook for 20 minutes..
7. 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..
8. Enjoy :-).

Arroz con Pollo is a popular staple in the Caribbean kitchen.Our chicken and rice is extra special with the addition of Sazón GOYA® with Azafrán, which adds color and flavor derived from our unique saffron spice blend.Make Arroz con Pollo tonight—everyone loves an easy rice and chicken dish.

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.I've been trying to duplicate the Arroz con Pollo that my friend's father made many years ago (he was Puerto Rican and made absolutely the best!).This wasn't quite it but it was delicious nonetheless.