Arroz con pollo

Recipes / Meat

Take your tastebuds on a culinary trip to Spain with this easy aromatic rice and chicken dish.

Recipe «Arroz con pollo» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 tsp olive oil, 1 brown onion, halved, coarsely chopped, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 6 chicken thigh fillets, halved crossways, 1 tsp ground cumin , 1 tsp ground sweet paprika, 1/2 tsp saffron threads, 150g white long-grain rice , 1 x 400g can diced Italian Roma tomatoes, 250ml Massel chicken style liquid stock, 1 tbsp tomato paste, 200g fire-roasted peeled whole peppers, coarsely chopped, 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh continental parsley.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp olive oil 
  • 1 brown onion, halved, coarsely chopped 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 6 chicken thigh fillets, halved crossways 
  • 1 tsp ground cumin 
  • 1 tsp ground sweet paprika 
  • 1/2 tsp saffron threads 
  • 150g white long-grain rice 
  • 1 x 400g can diced Italian Roma tomatoes 
  • 250ml Massel chicken style liquid stock 
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste 
  • 200g fire-roasted peeled whole peppers, coarsely chopped 
  • 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh continental parsley 

Instructions

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes or until onion softens. Add the chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes or until brown all over. Add the cumin, paprika and saffron and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until aromatic. Add the rice, tomatoes and chicken stock, and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, covered, for 15 minutes or until chicken and rice are tender.
  2. Add the tomato paste, peppers and parsley, and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes or until heated through. Remove from heat. Divide the arroz con pollo among serving bowls and serve immediately.