Cubano Arroz con Pollo
Cubano Arroz con Pollo

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, cubano arroz con pollo. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cubano Arroz con Pollo is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Cubano Arroz con Pollo is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Buy Arroz Con Pollo at Amazon. A classic, one-pot Cuban-style dish made with chicken, rice, tomato sauce, bell peppers, and spices. Growing up, this was the perfect Sunday comfort food meal in my family.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cubano arroz con pollo using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cubano Arroz con Pollo:
  1. Make ready 4 chicken breast, halved
  2. Make ready 1 onion, diced
  3. Get 1 orange bell pepper, diced
  4. Prepare 1/2 jalepeno, minced
  5. Make ready 4 cloves garlic, minced
  6. Take 1 can diced tomatoes
  7. Take 2 packages sazon
  8. Take 2 cups rice
  9. Get 2.5 cups water or chicken stock
  10. Take 1.5 cups frozen sweet peas
  11. Get to taste Salt and pepper
  12. Take 1.5 tsp cumin
  13. Get 1 tsp dried basil
  14. Get 1 tsp paprika
  15. Prepare 2-3 tbsp olive oil

In Cuba, "arroz con pollo" has the same status of a national dish. But even among serious cooks, the rules for constructing it are changing. The freshly made pastes (adobo and recaito), as well as the flavor-intensive olives, capers, and pimientos, still define the dish. But without the lard and the salt pork that health-conscious modern cooks have put behind them, the proud insistence on.

Steps to make Cubano Arroz con Pollo:
  1. Season chicken with 1 package of sazon and set aside while prepping the rest.
  2. Heat olive oil in a deep pan and brown chicken on both sides. Once brown, set aside on a plate (doesn't need to cook through at the step)
  3. Add your pepper, garlic and onion to the pan and cook until onions are translucent. Add all your seasoning except the package of sazon. Cook 2 more min. Add your diced tomatoes.
  4. Add your rice and the sazon package and mix all together. Don't forget to season with salt and pepper along the way to your taste.
  5. Add water and stir. Nestle the chicken back into the rice and cover and cook for 20-25 min until chicken and rice are cooked through.
  6. Mix in your sweet peas 5 min before serving (they really only need to be heated through)
  7. I garnished with diced green onions. You can garnish with cilantro if you'd like, or not garnish at all… do what you feel is right hahahaha. ENJOY!

In a Cuban home, nothing is more comforting than a big plate of "Arroz con Pollo". I can recall, after a long day at high school and soccer practice, devouring more than a plate full. The savor aroma that fills your home while you cook this meal is almost as comforting as the meal itself. Every Cuban family has their special Arroz con Pollo recipe, having a preference on how soupy the end. Arroz con pollo is enjoyed by many Latin cultures.

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