Arroz Con Pollo Recipe - Rice with Chicken Latin Style Recipe - Cool Moms Cool Tips (2024)

What flavors are you indulging in this summer? Arroz Con Pollo Recipe – Rice with Chicken Latin Style is among our faves! I am having a party of flavor at my table sharing my Latin recipes this summer. Sometimes I get creative and give the Latin dishes a twist or try my hand at some food fusion using our traditional flavors. Regardless of what ends up on the table, Latin or not, I use the wisdom handed down to me by generations of Latinas in the kitchen to achieve the same delicious flavors over and over again. Chicken and Rice never tasted so good as it does in Arroz con Pollo!

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What is Arroz Con Pollo – Rice with Chicken

I have a hard time with the combination of words: rice with chicken. So, I am just going to call it chicken with rice from now on. In any case, Arroz con Pollo is a type of comfort food. Undoubtedly, you will find this dish on the monthly menus of Colombian households, if not more often. Simple, yet nutritious it is sure to have everyone wanting seconds. It is an easy to make one-pot meal that never disappoints. While there are many variations you can do to it, the idea is mixing, rice, chicken, and vegetables in one dish.

Chicken with Rice Latin Style

Happiness is sharing the flavors we love. Growing up, there were plenty of times when we sat down at the table and gladly ate some delicious Arroz Con Pollo. This dish truly is a classic of Latin American Gastronomy. Granted, virtually every Latin country or household for that matter has their way of making this dish, here is the simplest one I know how to make…..just so you can get out of the kitchen quicker and eat up! Time for you to indulge in this great recipe too.

Arroz Con Pollo Recipe – Chicken with Rice Recipe

My arroz con pollo is made in a flash. First I am going to share the traditional recipe. Then, I will give you my tips to cut the cooking time for it. To start, here is the easy arroz con pollo recipe that I grew up with:

Ingredients:

For the Broth and Chicken:

• 2 chicken breast or chicken thighs, skin removed
• 1 garlic clove
• ½ white onion
• 1 bay leaf
• ½ teaspoon of ground cumin
• Salt and Pepper to taste

For the Rice:

• 1 cup of white rice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ¼ cup of diced onions
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 1 chicken bouillon cube
• 2.5 cups of chicken stock
• ¼ cup of diced red bell pepper
• ¼ cup of diced green pepper
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• ½ cup of frozen peas
• ½ cup of frozen diced carrots
• 1/4 cup of frozen diced green beans
• 1 tablespoon of capers to garnish

Directions:

Chicken and Broth

1. In a medium covered pot, bring to a boil and then bring heat to medium-low so you can reduce the liquid. This will take 25 minutes. Once done. set aside. You will need these ingredients
   • the chicken,
   • 5 cups water,
   • 1/2 white onion,
   • garlic clove,
   • bay leaf
   • 1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin
   • Salt and pepper to taste.
2. Once cool, shred the chicken
3. Measure 2.5 cups of broth

Rice:

1. Heat the olive oil in a pot. Add the onions and garlic. Cook until the onions are translucent.
2. Add the rice, tomato paste, chicken bouillon, and all the peppers. Mix and cook for about 2 minutes
3. Next, add the chicken stock and bring the pot to a boil.
4. Once it boils, bring the heat to low. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
5. Add the peas, carrots, and green beans and cook for an additional 5 minutes,
6. Finally, add the shredded chicken and mix well with a fork, cover and simmer for 5 more minutes.
7. Garnish with capers and serve!

Yummy flavors make for a happy family and a smiling mom. Without a doubt, Arroz Con Pollo helps me get even the pickiest eaters to stop fussing over the meal, peas and all! It is just that delicious and comforting. Now, for the faster version of this arroz con pollo recipe.

Faster Version of The Arroz Con Pollo Recipe – Tips to prepare quicker

While it is not a difficult recipe, I do like eliminating steps. First, whenever I cook chicken, I make extra and save in the fridge. This is then what I will use to shred. Also, I replace making the broth by using chicken stock to make the rice. But, sometimes, I don’t even make the rice. You know it, leftover white rice for the win! In the end, with my shortcuts, the recipe looks like this:

Fast Arroz con Pollo Recipe

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups of cooked white rice
• 1 cups of shredded cooked chicken
• 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• ¼ cup of diced onions
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 2 tablespoons of chicken stock
• ¼ cup of diced red bell pepper
• ¼ cup of diced green pepper
• ½ cup of frozen peas
• ½ cup of frozen diced carrots
• 1/4 cup of frozen diced green beans
• 1 tablespoon of capers to garnish

Directions:

1. In a pan sautee the onions and garlic until onion is translucent in the olive oil.
2. Add in the frozen veggies and the chicken. Cook for about 3 minutes.
3. Next add the chicken stock, rice, and diced peppers. Cook until the rice dries out. About 3 minutes
4. Spoon arroz con pollo into a small ice cream cup and pack tight with a spoon
5. Then, get a plate and put it over the ice cream bowl.
6. Turn both upside down to release rice from ice cream bowl
7. Garnish with capers and serve!

This was you go from 40 minutes to 15 minutes cook time plus 5 minutes to plate and serve.

Definitively, you can serve these pandebono cheese balls along with your rice with chicken!

Have you made Arroz Con Pollo before? Are you ready to try myArroz Con Pollo – Rice with Chicken Latin Style Recipe?

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