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Mama's Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice also known as Arroz con Pollo. This one pan dinner is made with homemade adobo seasoned chicken, sofrito and savory rice. You'll make this recipe again and again!

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook arroz con pollo / rice with chicken using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken:

1. Take 2 tsp EVOO
2. Prepare 2 tsp Sofrito
3. Prepare 1/3 cup Chopped Red Onions
4. Prepare 1/2 Chopped Roasted Sweet Red Pepper
5. Get 1 Spanish Olives (optional)
6. Prepare 1 envelope Chicken Bouillon
7. Prepare 1 envelope Sazon
8. Take 1 dash Cumin
9. Get 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
10. Prepare 1 Bay Leaf
11. Take 4 oz Tomato Sauce
12. Make ready 1 can Corn (with water)
13. Prepare 1/2 bunch Chopped Cilantro
14. Prepare 2 cup Uncooked White Rice
15. Make ready 2 1/4 cup Water
16. Prepare 1 small Chicken chopped in medium sized chunks

Arroz con Pollo is a classic Latin American dish, with each country—and each family, for that matter—having its own unique recipe. For mine, I like to use whole pieces of chicken (legs or thighs) that I season with chile powder, cumin, and oregano before adding the rice. Authentic Arroz Con Pollo, or Latin chicken and rice, is the ultimate one-pot meal. It's a classic Colombian dish that I grew up on that I now love to cook for my family.

Instructions to make Arroz con Pollo / Rice with Chicken:

1. Cut the chicken in medium chunks (leave wings for another meal), and season with adobo or salt and pepper to taste. *Boneless chicken breast is fine.
2. Cook the chicken in a little olive oil or butter on medium to low heat.
3. Once chicken is cooked, remove from pan and add sofrito and onions. (add more oil if needed). On medium heat cook until onions are translucent.
4. Add tomato sauce, olives, red pepper, cumin, chicken bouillon, sazon, corn and bay leaf. Cook covered for 5 minutes.
5. Add chicken, rice, water, cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. Cook uncovered until most of the water evaporates. ( About 10-15 minutes depending on your stove)
6. Once water evaporates, stir from the bottom up ONLY 2-3 times. Reduce heat to low and cook for 20 minutes.
7. After 20 minutes, stir from the bottom up and rice should be nice and fluffy. If still uncooked cover again and cook for 10 minutes at a time.
8. Enjoy :-)

There are many variations on the classic arroz con pollo. It is a traditional Latin American and Spanish chicken and rice recipe. Arroz con pollo, also known as Spanish rice with chicken is a Puerto Rican and in general Latin/Spanish classic dinner dish. How Long Do You Cook Arroz Con Pollo. I've been trying to duplicate the Arroz con Pollo that my friend's father made many years ago (he was Puerto Rican and made absolutely the best!).

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