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Arroz con Pollo

6/16/2015

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Arroz con Pollo ready to eat
Normally, I made a Caribbean style Arroz con Pollo, which consists of a slow cooked spicy chicken stew that I serve over yellow rice that I cook separately. 

The other night we were watching Martha Stewart's Cooking School on PBS, and she made a Spanish (Spain) style version of Arroz con Pollo in a dutch oven, where she cooked a short grained Valencia rice in the same pot as the chicken.  This version was not spicy, it had only a handful of ingredients, and was more like a dutch-oven risotto with seared chicken and pimento-stuffed olives. 

The show piqued my interest, so I bought the Valencia rice and the pimento stuffed olives and we gave it a shot.  It's a relatively simple recipe to make.  I opened a bottle of white wine to cook with it, and used the rest of the bottle to make a sangria.  

The saffron gave the rice a lovely rich golden color. The olives gave a slightly briny flavor, the chicken still retained a crispy skin but the meat was moist and delicious. 

It turned out to be a delicious dish.  My boyfriend and I really enjoyed cooking and eating it together.  

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Arroz con Pollo
4 Comments
Debie
6/18/2015 10:42:47 am

I love this dish. I remember making something similar a long time ago but it used capers instead of the olives, the pimento peppers were fresh so you dice them and throw them in.

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Deb link
6/25/2015 04:04:22 pm

That's traditionally how I do it, but this way much more of the European version. It's quite delicious!

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Jen B.
6/19/2015 05:03:23 am

Looks delicious! I havent made that since my kids were little.... I make a Caribbean (Puerto Rican/Dominican style) that looks just like this and is not spicy at all. Was a good easy throw together dish when I forgot to take something out to thaw & it fed a crowd!

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Deb link
6/25/2015 04:06:14 pm

I love the traditional Pureto Rican/ Dominican style version of this dish. I usually make it that way. When I saw Martha Stewart do it this way (European Spanish) I wanted to give it a try. It was worth it!

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    I'm a home cook with a lifelong passion for learning, exploring and experimenting in my kitchen. You can find me at @Debs1 on Twitter and  @Debs121212 on Instagram.

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