Arroz Con Pollo


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 182.0
  • Total Fat: 3.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 10.3 mg
  • Sodium: 1,111.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
  • Protein: 7.8 g

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Introduction

This was my Puerto Rican grandmother's recipe This was my Puerto Rican grandmother's recipe
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    2 lbs. chicken
    1 onion, medium sized, chopped fine
    3 cloves garlic, minced
    10 oz. jar stuffed green olives
    5 oz. jar capers
    4 oz. jar pimentos
    1 T. cilantro, chopped fine
    28 oz. can Diced tomatoes
    15 oz. can tomato sauce
    1-2 T. Wine vinegar
    2 pkgs.Sazon with achiote
    Adobo to taste (spanish seasoning consisting usually of salt, pepper, oregano and garlic)
    3 cups rice, long grained
    3 cups water (use liquid from olives, capers and pimento)


Directions

Cut chicken into pieces and saute w/ sofrito made of tomatoes, onions, garlic, stuffed olives, pimento, capers, cilantro, tomato sauce and little bit of wine vinegar. (Go easy on the vinegar tasting as you go.) Add 3 cups of rice and saute rice together with chicken/sofrito mix for 5-10 minutes. Add 1 cup of water for every cup of rice. Cook without a lid until water has evaporated. Lower heat, cover first with a dish then with a lid and cook at low heat until done (don't know why but that's how my nana did it).

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KAREBEAR525.

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    Incredible!
    I add green and red peppers and ajises when making the sofrito but it was still delicous when following this recipe. - 5/10/10