Arroz Con Pollo

Submitted by Sharlene~W

"One of my families top 10 dinners. Easy and hearty."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 (3 lb) broiler-fryer chickens, cut in pieces
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup rice
• 1⁄8 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 bay leaf
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

directions

1. Drain tomatoes and reserve juice (add water to make 1 cup juice).
2. In a large frying pan or dutch oven, heat oil to medium-high heat.
3. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and sauté in batches until well browned.
4. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
5. To pan, add onion, green pepper and garlic.
6. Cover and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
7. Add rice and turmeric.
8. Cook, stirring a minute or so.
9. Stir in tomatoes, 1 cup of the reserved juice, the stock, bay leaf, pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
10. Break up tomatoes and stir well.
11. Put in chicken pieces and push into the rice to cover.
12. Simmer at a very low temperature until chicken is tender and rice as absorbed all the liquid, about a hour.
13. Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper if needed.

Reviews

[MizzNezz]

Another keeper, Sharlene! This is a wonderful, very flavorful rice dish. I added just a dash of oregano, and a cup of frozen peas. I had a rather small chicken, so only had to simmer for 45 minutes. Will make this one again! Thank you!

 

[SandraB.]

I love this dish!!! I changed it slightly, instead of Tumeric, I use Cumin on the chicken before I cook it. And sometimes I buy the can tomatoes stewed w/ green chilies for an extra kick. It's so yummy!!

 

[SMH4089]

This one is a keeper for me as well. I grew up on the dish and while it wasn't my mom's I've got a good starting point LOL. I like the suggestion of the cumin as I felt "something" was missing and couldn't quite put my finger on it. This is quite good as is and easy to prepare. Nice recipe. Thank you for sharing.

 

[beckihrh]

Sharlene you did it again! This one is a keeper! I doubled the recipe to feed my group and have lunch leftovers. I am glad I did! The only change I made was I used the canned tomatoes with green chiles for the heat. My group and I loved this yummy and easy recipe! Thanks for sharing another great recipe!

 

[girl_velocity]

very delicious - just wish it cooked faster so i could eat it sooner. the smell throughout the room was fantastic! i actually made the rice in a rice cooker and it worked realyl well. i followed the recipe until the add rice part and skipped add rice. then before i put the chicken in, i took out some of the peppers/onions/etc and put it in the cooker with a little chicken broth. then finished the chicken in the veggies on the stove.