Mexican
Arroz con Pollo
Arroz con Pollo is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 lb bone-in chicken thighs
- 2 cups long-grain rice
- 3.5 cups chicken broth
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 carrots
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground achiote
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Season the chicken with salt and brown it in the olive oil in a wide pot, then set aside.
- Soften the onion, bell pepper, carrots, and garlic in the same pot, about 6 minutes.
- Stir in the rice, cumin, and achiote and toast for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Add the tomatoes, broth, bay leaf, and chicken, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
- Scatter the peas over the top, cover again, and cook until the rice is tender and the liquid absorbed, about 5 minutes.
- Rest 5 minutes, then fluff and finish with cilantro.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Arroz con Pollo carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Arroz con Pollo takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, rice, and pea.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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