Arroz Al Horno (Baked Spanish Rice)

WiGal's Note:

Recipe posted for ZWT5 from Top Tours of Spain site.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 tablespoons olive oil , add more if necessary later
• ½ lb ground pork
• 1 potato , sliced into 1/4 inch thick rounds
• 1 cup chickpeas
• 2 tomatoes , skinned and chopped
• 2 chorizo sausages , thickly sliced
• 4 cups rice
• 8 cups chicken stock
• 3 saffron strands , crumbled
• 1 head garlic
• salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Heat oil in pan on medium; sauté pork for 3 minutes.
3. Add potato rounds; saute for 3 minutes.
4. Add the chickpeas and tomatoes.
5. Lower the heat and cook gently for 5-7 minutes.
6. Mix in chorizo and rice; stir well.
7. Pour in stock and crumbled saffron.
8. Bring to boil.
9. Place mixture in a casserole dish; cover.
10. Place a halved garlic head on top.
11. Bake in a medium oven for about 45 minutes.
12. Remove garlic head before serving.
13. Taste for salt preferences.

Reviews

[Pneuma]

Receta de magnifico! It can be a one meal in itself but we also served it with Spanish Chicken With Chorizo and Chickpeas along with Classic Saffron Rice. I used ground beef though when I fried it in extra virgin olive oil then added the rest if the ingredients and also used fresh vined tomatoes. After baking, it looked so nice! Muchas gracias!Made for ZWT5.

[Mand1642]

Receta de Fantasic as they say in spain! very filling and extremely tasty. I changed a couple of things, I put in chopped tinned plum tomatos due to a lack of fresh ones (I like cherry toms and would have had to use loads!) and I cut down the amount of rice used from 4 cups to 1 cup as it would have exploded out of my casserole dish! The chorizo just flavoured the dish so well. This would make a perfect winter warmer without being too heavy! fabuloso!