Arroz con Pollo (Spanish Chicken with Rice)
Servings: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound Boneless, skinless chicken thighs cut into large chunks
- ½ teaspoon Black pepper
- 2 teaspoons Olive oil
- 12 ounces Old Havana Foods Sofrito Authentic Cuban Recipe
- 1 cup Chicken broth
- 12 ounces Light bodied beer (do not use an IPA, too bitter) split into 8 oz and 4 oz
- 2 tablespoons Lime juice, fresh preferred from 1 large or 2 small limes
- 6 ounces Sweet peas (petit pois) drained, reserve peas and liquid separately
- 1 cup Long grain white rice jasmine or basmati preferred
- 1 pinch Saffron optional
Instructions
- Lightly season chicken with pepper. Heat a large pot over high heat until hot. Add olive oil to pot and swirl to coat bottom. Add the chicken pieces, (skin side down if using bone-in.) Brown about 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally or turning whole pieces after 4 minutes.
- Add Old Havana Foods Sofrito Authentic Cuban Recipe to pot, stir well to coat chicken with sofrito. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add chicken broth, 8 ounces beer (or additional chicken broth), lime juice, liquid from peas, rice, and saffron if using, to stockpot. Stir well to combine and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to lowest setting; cover and simmer 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
- Turn off heat. Add remaining 4 ounces of beer (or chicken stock) and drained peas. Stir well to combine, cover and let stand 8 to 10 minutes.Add salt and pepper to taste. If large, cut bone-in chicken pieces in half. For a typical Cuban presentation, serve Arroz con Pollo topped with roasted red pepper strips and asparagus.
Quick ‘n Easy Kung Pao
List of ingredients lists rice but the recipe instructions never indicate when to add the rice. I assume in Step 3 before simmering for 20 minutes?
The rice was actually listed in the instructions within step 3 just after “liquid from peas” and right before “(saffron if using)” but it was hard to see!
It was added – thank you!
The list of ingredients does not list the 1.5 cups of chicken broth.