Arroz Con Pollo

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Photo: Jonny Valiant; Styling: Kate Parisian
Hands-on Time
40 Mins
Total Time
1 Hour 35 Mins
Yield
Serves 12
September 2015
RECIPE BY MyRecipes

This classic Spanish and Latin America chicken and rice dish cooks in just one pot. 

Ingredients

  • 2 whole chickens, each cut into 8 pieces (about 6 lbs.), trimmed of excess fat
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 2 ribs celery, sliced
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, seeded, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 14.5-oz. can diced tomatoes, drained
  • 3 cups long-grain rice
  • 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 494
  • Fat 11g
  • Satfat 3g
  • Protein 52g
  • Carbohydrate 44g
  • Fiber 2g
  • Cholesterol 153mg
  • Sodium 330mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Melt butter with oil in a large ovenproof pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.

Step 2

Working in batches, add chicken and cook, turning often, until browned on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove to a platter.

Step 3

Pour off all but about 2 Tbsp. fat from pot and add onions, celery, carrots, bell peppers and garlic. Cook, stirring often, until softened, approximately 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, rice, 1 tsp. salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper. Pour in broth, increase heat to high and bring to a boil.

Step 4

Return chicken to pot, cover and transfer to oven. Cook until chicken and rice are done, about 40 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Serve on a large platter garnished with parsley.

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Ratings & Reviews

Blancanieves
January 30, 2017
Thankyou ! I agree !

Mary
February 07, 2017
You can half the recipe or even divide it into thirds - I do this often when recipes are toolarge.

Mary
July 16, 2017
1 star because you don't know how to do math? It says right at the very top that it serves 12 people. Divide the recipe in half! Then it will feed 6. That is the magic of learning math in school. You do use it again!

I agree with Mary!

SusanB
August 11, 2017
How on earth do myrecipes.com expect us to do all that arithmetic without a calculator? I would cut my chicken into 8 pieces and then cut the other chicken into 8 pieces and then go through my phone book and invite the first 16 people I came to over for dinner and save myself all that trouble.

too much!

nlorraine
January 12, 2017
Since I'm not feeding an army, I dismissed this recipe after the first ingredient:  2 whole chickens!  It gets worse:  3 cups rice, 3 cups water, etc.  How about a recipe for arroz con pollo that typical families can make!  I get so tired of trying to halve or quarter recipes for my life.  It sounds like a traditional recipe and I'm sure it'll be good, but I don't even have a pot big enough to cook it in!