Description
Mama’s Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice is a comforting and flavorful one-pot meal that’s perfect for a family dinner. This traditional recipe combines tender chicken with seasoned rice, bell peppers, olives, and peas for a delicious and satisfying dish.
Ingredients
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Chicken:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs and/or drumsticks
- 1 teaspoon adobo seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Rice:
- 1 small onion (diced)
- 1/2 green bell pepper (diced)
- 1/2 red bell pepper (diced)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/4 cup tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons sofrito
- 1 packet Sazón with achiote
- 1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
- 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup pimento-stuffed green olives (optional)
- 1/4 cup frozen peas (optional)
Garnish:
- Chopped fresh cilantro for garnish
Instructions
- Season the chicken: Rub the chicken with adobo, salt, and pepper.
- Brown the chicken: In a large pot, brown the chicken in olive oil. Set aside.
- Sauté vegetables: In the same pot, sauté onion, bell peppers, and garlic.
- Add seasonings: Stir in tomato sauce, sofrito, and Sazón.
- Cook the rice: Add rice, chicken broth, chicken, olives, and peas. Simmer until rice is tender.
- Rest and garnish: Let the dish rest, then fluff rice and garnish with cilantro before serving.
Notes
- Marinate chicken overnight for extra flavor.
- You can use store-bought sofrito as a shortcut.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 470
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 680mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 110mg
