Chicken and Rice - Arroz con Pollo

Ingredients:

Chicken

I used chicken breasts with ribs attached but you can easily used boneless chicken breast or a whole chicken cut up 

Tomatoes or 1 can of tomato sauce

Garlic as many as you like 

Onion

Green Pepper

Celery

Freshly Cracked Pepper

Directions:

Chop all your vegetables

Chopped Onion, Tomatoes, Green Pepper and Garlic

add to stock pot with chicken add enough water to cover chicken

and vegetables season with pepper

Simmer until chicken is done 

 take out chicken and cool

 strain chicken broth and set aside

Heat Oil in a stock pot I use my Le Creuset dutch oven

add garlic and saute I always season with fresh pepper

Add the rice and gently brown so it has a nice warm color

 The rice, onions and garlic are nicely browned 

Time to add tomatoes if you don't have fresh tomatoes

you can use a can of tomato sauce

Add either fresh or dried parsley or cilantro

Add green peppers

Add chicken broth give a good stir and cook rice

When rice is almost done I place the chicken that I cooked earlier

on top of rice mixture and give a little stir.

 And I finish cooking the rice.

I usually add a little more freshly chopped tomatoes

at the end for some texture and color

as most of the tomatoes have already cooked down into the broth. 

You could also finish this dish in the oven and maybe add a little cheddar cheese for something a little different. with some chopped green onions..