Mexican rice with chicken

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please can anyone share recipe for Mexican rice with chicken ..:slight_smile:

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Re: Mexican rice with chicken

More or less like our tahari!

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Mexican rice with chicken

No, it’s different. Google arroz con pollo, and you’ll get a lot of recipes. This dish varies, depending on what part of Latin America you’re in, but I’ve never had a version I didn’t like! The Mexican version uses more desi friendly ingredients, whereas Cuban and Puerto Rican recipes have more exotic ingredients/spices/herbs that may not be readily available, depending on where you live. In Spain, it will be paella, which always uses arborio, or short grained rice.

I’ve made it many times and here are some basic guidelines:

Arroz con pollo always uses chicken with the skin on. It’s browned in achiote oil (made with annato seeds). Remove the chicken and make the sofrito which is the masala base (always onion, red bell pepper, cilantro and some other stuff) and your soaked and drained rice, bhoon…add frozen peas, spices and chicken broth..and reserved chicken pieces..cover and let it cook away.

That’s the basic recipe. I’ll post specifics later or you can PM me.

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Good info. I ate this one and to me they taste like tahari!

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That’s not real food :cb:

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Really!! They sell it for like ÂŁ1.70 something when they put on offer at ÂŁ1.00 I grabbed one!

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Mexican rice with chicken

Too much preservatives, sodium and food dyed in that stuff. You can make it fresh from scratch in the same amount of time with ingredients you already have on hand!

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which kind of rice can i use

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I have seen Uncle Ben’s at Tesco’s but only tried Tilda Pulao and Tilda Biryani, it was nice.

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arroz con pollo :yummy:

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i was just browsing through the folder and i stumbled upon this…reminds me of my mamijaan’s cooked food, she’s from mexico cooks such yummy food on daawats at her place…all mexican :stuck_out_tongue: i will see if i can get the recipe’s from her and post it here

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My husband and I had the most amazing mexican rice in LA few years ago, I can still remember how good it was and I am a very picky eater adult…now I am so tempted to make some at home :yummy:

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Usually a medium or short grained rice but you could use basmati too…its more about the liquid to rice ratio…you don’t want it too mushy, but the grains shouldn’t be seperate either

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I’ve had mexican/spanish food at diners/restaurants and enjoyed it but can never seem to get it right… .i should try it from scratch, the GOYA just ain’t workin for me :hinna:

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Sara, try this recipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmvUpJ8uLFg

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Definitely will try that!

does the cooking time change if i decide to use basmati rice?

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thanks alot :slight_smile: gonna try it soon inshallah