Are you in search of a delectable and flavorful dish that combines the vibrant flavors of Latin cuisine with the convenience of modern cooking? Look no further than the classic "Arroz con Pollo" recipe from the renowned McCall's Cooking School. This delightful dish, pronounced "ah-rrohs cohn poh-yoh," is a delectable symphony of tender chicken, fluffy rice, and an array of aromatic spices that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving for more. In this comprehensive guide, we will embark on a culinary journey to discover the secrets behind creating the perfect "Arroz con Pollo" using the expertise of the McCall's Cooking School. Get ready to indulge in a culinary experience that will transport you to the vibrant streets of Latin America and leave you with a newfound appreciation for this timeless classic.
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ARROZ CON POLLO
Wonderful homey chicken dish. This is a recipe from a relative in Panama. Fluff the rice carefully with a fork before serving, and enjoy!
Provided by RPOVARCHUK
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Baked and Roasted
Time 2h10m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Heat vegetable oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir chicken pieces until browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove chicken with a slotted spoon and place on a plate. Cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, minced garlic, and whole garlic cloves in the same Dutch oven until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
- Return chicken to the onion mixture. Add tomatoes, rice, salt, oregano, black pepper, and bay leaf. Pour in enough chicken stock to cover all the ingredients.
- Bake chicken-rice mixture in the preheated oven until rice is tender and chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
- Stir peas, olives, raisins, and pimento peppers into the chicken-rice mixture. Bake until warmed through, an additional 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 534.7 calories, Carbohydrate 36.3 g, Cholesterol 142.4 mg, Fat 20.2 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 50.5 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 1104.9 mg, Sugar 9.5 g
ARROZ CON POLLO (MCCALL'S COOKING SCHOOL)
Make and share this Arroz Con Pollo (Mccall's Cooking School) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Diane C 2
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 2h25m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Wash chicken pieces under cold running water; drain well. Wipe dry with paper towels so fat won't spatter when chicken is browning. Combine oregano, pepper and 2 tsp salt. Sprinkle chicken all over with mixture; rub in well. Let stand 10 minutes.
- In heavy, 6-quart round or oval Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium heat. Brown chicken a third at a time, until golden-brown all over, using tongs to turn chicken-this takes about 30 minutes in all. Remove chicken as it browns. Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Wash green pepper; cut into quarters; remove ribs and seeds; cut into lengthwise strips, 1/4 inch wide. To drippings in Dutch oven, add onion, garlic, green pepper, bay leaf and red pepper; saute, stirring, over medium heat until onion is tender-5 minutes.
- Using back of spoon, crush saffron threads on small piece of foil, or use a mortar and pestle. Add with 2 tsp salt and the rice to Dutch oven; cook, stirring, until rice is lightly browned-about 10 minutes. Add undrained tomatoes and chicken broth.
- Arrange browned chicken pieces over rice mixture. Bring just to boiling, uncovered. Bake in oven, tightly covered, 1 hour. Remove from oven; add 1/2 cup water. Do not stir. Sprinkle peas and olives over top. Drain pimientos; cut into 1/4-inch strips.
- Arrange pimiento strips attractively over top. Bake, covered, 20 minutes longer, or until chicken is tender, peas are cooked and rice has absorbed all liquid. Remove from oven. Let stand, covered, 10 minutes. Serve right from Dutch oven. Serves 6.
ARROZ CON POLLO
Variations on this staple chicken and rice casserole, an easy one-pot meal, can be found throughout Spain and Latin America. The first step is to brown the cut-up chicken well on all sides. Saute the onions, garlic, green peppers and diced ham; then add the tomatoes, saffron, bay leaf and chicken broth. When the mixture comes to a boil, the rice, capers, olives and chicken are added. The dish cooks, covered tightly, in 20 minutes. To get the most authentic flavor, use high-quality saffron threads.
Provided by Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, casseroles, main course
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Season the chicken with salt, pepper, cumin and oregano.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken pieces and brown on all sides. Remove the pieces to a baking dish and set aside, keeping them warm.
- Add the onion, garlic, green pepper and ham to the skillet. Saute until vegetables are wilted. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato cubes, saffron, bay leaf and broth. Bring to a boil while scraping the bottom to loosen any sticking particles. Add the rice, capers, olives and chicken. Stir, cover tightly and put in the oven. Bake 20 minutes.
- Stir in the peas and the cheese. Arrange the strips of pimento on top and bake 5 minutes more. Remove and discard the bay leaf and serve sprinkled with coriander.
CAROL'S ARROZ CON POLLO
Chicken served with seasoned rice.
Provided by Allrecipes Member
Categories Skillet Chicken Breasts
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Cut each breast into 1 inch pieces. Sprinkle chicken with a 1/4 teaspoon each of salt, pepper, and paprika.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken, and cook until golden. Remove chicken, and set aside.
- Add green pepper, onions, and garlic to oil in skillet. Cook for 5 minutes. Add rice; cook and stir until rice is opaque, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in broth, white wine, saffron, and tomatoes. Stir in remaining salt, pepper, and paprika. Return to a boil. Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Return chicken to the skillet, and cook to reheat. Stir in parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 470.5 calories, Carbohydrate 49.5 g, Cholesterol 69.4 mg, Fat 14 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 30 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 1015.4 mg, Sugar 6.4 g
TACO SALAD BOWL MCCALL'S COOKING SCHOOL
I used sausage in place of the beef or turkey, and I added some refried beans too. This is delicious and easy. Recipe courtesy of McCall's Cooking School.
Provided by AmyZoe
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 50m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a medium-sized skillet, place ground chuck and minced garlic.
- Heat over medium-high heat, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon and breaking up large chunks of meat, until meat is browned.
- Transfer meat and garlic to a colander and drain off and discard fat.
- Return skillet to heat.
- Add chopped green chilies, undrained whole peeled tomatoes, chili powder, salt, and pepper to meat and garlic in skillet.
- Mix well with a wooden spoon and cook over low heat uncovered for about 30 minutes or until most of moisture has evaporated from the meat mixture.
- While meat mixture is cooking, break apart and wash and dry lettuce, using a lettuce spinner. Tear into bite-sized pieces. You should have about 2 quarts or 8 cups of lettuce greens. Set aside. Refrigerate if not using right away.
- Shred cheddar cheese and set aside.
- Cut out and discard core of tomato. Chop tomato coarsely.
- Wash scallions and trim off and discard root ends.
- Chop or slice enough scallions to yield about 1 cup.
- Remove meat mixture from heat and cover to keep warm and set aside.
- Just before serving, place lettuce in a large chilled bowl and arrange tortilla chips around outer edge.
- Top lettuce with meat mixture and sprinkle cheese, scallions, chopped tomato, and sliced olives around meat mixture.
- Top with a dollop of sour cream garnished with scallions and hot red peppers.
- Toss just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 337.4, Fat 20.1, SaturatedFat 7.5, Cholesterol 54, Sodium 618.3, Carbohydrate 23.9, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 4.3, Protein 17.4
ARROZ CON POLLO
Ubiquitous throughout Latin America and beyond, this dish can be as simple or as complex as your ingredients allow. The key is to layer flavor, adding dimension as you go. Boneless, skinless chicken thighs are preferred, but bone-in will also work well. (Chicken breasts lack the same amount of fat and flavor, so they are not recommended here.) Watch the rice carefully as it cooks, absorbing the liquid, as pots and stoves vary greatly. If it starts to smell a little burned, reduce the heat, toss and put the lid on the pot. But don't worry, as this aroma can be part of creating the coveted pegao, a layer of toasted rice that develops on the bottom of the pan and sticks to it, similar to Persian tahdig, Spanish socarrat or Senegalese xoon.
Provided by Von Diaz
Categories dinner, grains and rice, poultry, vegetables, main course
Time 2h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 27
Steps:
- Prepare the adobo by whisking the ingredients together in a bowl, or blending in a small food processor, pilón or mortar and pestle.
- Pat the chicken dry, then place in a large bowl or zip-top bag. Pour prepared adobo over chicken. Toss well to combine, then cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap, or seal the bag, and let the chicken rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. If you have the time, marinate for several hours or overnight to make the chicken extra tender and flavorful.
- Prepare the sofrito: In a large food processor or blender, blend the peppers and garlic until smooth. Add the onion and blend until smooth, then add the culantro and cilantro and blend until smooth. (The preparation may produce more sofrito than needed for this recipe, but you can store additional sofrito in the fridge for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.)
- Add the rice to a medium bowl, then rinse with several rounds of cool water, pouring through a fine-mesh strainer until water runs out clear.
- Once chicken is marinated, heat olive oil in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium-high. When the oil is simmering, working in batches if necessary, add chicken in one layer and brown for 7 to 10 minutes per batch, turning several times to evenly brown.
- Meanwhile, bring chicken broth (or water) to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce to a simmer until ready to use.
- Add sofrito, bay leaves and annatto or paprika to pot with chicken and stir well. Reduce heat to medium, and sauté until liquid is mostly evaporated and sofrito thickens to a paste, about 7 to 10 minutes.
- Add tomato sauce and cook for 3 to 5 minutes longer, until the sauce darkens. Add the rinsed rice, olives and capers (if using), and salt and pepper, and fold in to ensure that the rice is fully coated and the chicken is evenly distributed.
- Pour in hot stock, then simmer, uncovered, over medium heat for about 15 minutes, stirring only 2 to 3 times and shaking the pot every few minutes to keep rice level. (The liquid surrounding the rice will lower by about 1 inch.) Watch the rice very closely: The window between just right and overcooked is small, and difficult to predict, but you'll become an expert at this over time.
- Once you start to spot lots of little bubbles on the surface but see no more pronounced liquid on top, top with the lid, reduce heat to low and cook until the rice is al dente, about 15 to 20 minutes, shaking pot a few times. Once liquid is almost entirely evaporated, sprinkle thawed peas on top.
- Working directly in the pot, using 2 forks, pull apart chicken thighs until shredded. Gently fluff the rice, bringing grains from the bottom to the top. Return the lid and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
- Garnish with lime wedges, and serve with salted avocado and tomato slices (or a simple green salad). The dish keeps well in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.
ARROZ CON POLLO
The bold flavors of saffron, bay leaves, and garlic infuse Valencia rice, a Spanish variety perfect for slow-cooked dishes and the traditional base for paella. Here, the grains are cooked up with golden-brown chicken thighs and garnished with pimiento-stuffed olives. Saffron gives the rice its warm yellow hue.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Chicken Chicken Thighs
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine wine and saffron; let stand until ready to use. Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large braiser or heavy-bottomed, straight-sided saute pan over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, skin side down, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Flip, and cook until golden brown, 2 minutes; transfer to a plate.
- Reduce heat to medium, and cook onion and garlic, stirring often, until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Add tomato, and cook, stirring often, for 15 minutes. Stir in wine-saffron mixture, 1 tablespoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and the bay leaves. Cook until wine is almost completely evaporated, 10 to 15 minutes. Add chicken, stock, rice, and olives; bring to a simmer.
- Reduce heat to low. Cook, covered, stirring halfway through, until rice is tender, about 45 minutes. (If rice is not done, add more stock, 1/4 cup at a time.) Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper.
ARROZ CON POLLO WITH MATT AND PATRICK RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: salt, bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, vegetable oil, long grain rice, garlic, yellow onion, tomato sauce, chicken bouillon, hot water, peas, carrot
Provided by Alix Traeger
Categories Dinner
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Add the chicken thighs to a large pot, cover with water, and season with salt. Boil the chicken for 40 minutes, or until cooked through. Drain.
- Shred the chicken from the bones and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, then add the rice and continually stir until the rice turns a light brown.
- Add the garlic, onion, and salt. Stir the rice until it turns golden.
- Add the tomato sauce, bouillon cubes and hot water. Increase the heat to medium-high.
- Cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes, until the rice is cooked and has absorbed the liquid. Check occasionally to make sure the rice is not drying out too quickly.
- Mix in the shredded chicken, peas, and carrots.
- Remove the rice from the heat and fluff with fork.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1307 calories, Carbohydrate 108 grams, Fat 69 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 55 grams, Sugar 16 grams
ARROZ CON POLLO
This one-pot recipe for Arroz Con Pollo, which is great for a crowd, comes from Martha's book One Pot: 120+ Easy Meals from Your Skillet, Slow Cooker, Stockpot, and More. It's made with bone-in fatty chicken thighs, pimiento-stuffed green olives, chopped tomatoes, saffron threads, and bay leaves.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Chicken Chicken Thighs
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, combine wine and saffron.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large Dutch oven or braiser, heat oil over medium-high. Add chicken, skin side down; cook until browned, 6 to 7 minutes. Flip and cook 2 minutes more; transfer to a plate.
- Drain all but 2 tablespoons fat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring often, until translucent, 4 minutes. Add tomato and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in wine-saffron mixture, bay leaves, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook until wine is nearly evaporated, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Stir in rice, broth, and olives. Nestle chicken into rice, skin side up. Bring to a simmer, cover, and transfer to oven. Cook until liquid is absorbed and chicken is cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
ARROZ CON POLLO VERDE
Peruvian arroz con pollo stands apart from other versions of chicken and rice across Latin America thanks to the addition of a bright green cilantro purée and aji amarillo, a fruity yellow hot pepper that's similar in flavor to habaneros or scotch bonnets. Traditionally, the dish contains choclo, very large and chewy Peruvian corn kernels with earthy flavor. Cooked canned hominy makes a great substitute that offers a similar taste and texture. This one-pot homestyle dish is commonly served with salsa criolla, a tangy and spicy red onion relish, but a Louisiana-style hot sauce is a good alternative.
Provided by Kay Chun
Categories grains and rice, poultry, main course
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a blender, combine cilantro and 6 tablespoons of water, and purée until smooth. Set aside.
- In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium. Add half the chicken, season with salt and pepper, and cook, turning halfway, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate, and repeat with remaining chicken.
- Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and the onion to the empty pot, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 2 minutes. Stir in garlic and cumin until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add rice and hominy, season with salt and pepper, and stir until well combined, 30 seconds. Add broth, aji amarillo paste, bell pepper and reserved cilantro purée, scraping the bottom of the pot to remove any browned bits.
- Nestle the chicken with any accumulated juices into the pot, and bring to a boil over high. Cover, reduce heat to low and cook until rice is tender and all of the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle with peas, then cover and steam for 3 minutes. Turn off heat, and fluff rice with a fork. Divide arroz con pollo in bowls and serve with salsa criolla or hot sauce.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients for the best flavor. Look for fresh, flavorful chicken, vegetables, and rice.
- Don't overcrowd the pan when cooking the chicken. If you do, the chicken will steam instead of brown.
- Cook the chicken until it is golden brown on all sides. This will help to develop flavor and prevent the chicken from drying out.
- Use a flavorful broth to cook the rice. This will add flavor to the rice and make it more moist.
- Let the rice rest for 5 minutes before fluffing it. This will help the rice to absorb the broth and prevent it from becoming sticky.
- Serve the arroz con pollo with your favorite sides. Some popular sides include black beans, plantains, and avocado slices.
Conclusion:
Arroz con pollo is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. It is a one-pot dish that is made with chicken, rice, vegetables, and a flavorful broth. Arroz con pollo can be made with a variety of ingredients, so you can customize it to your own taste. It is a popular dish in many Latin American countries and is a great way to experience the flavors of Latin America.
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