← Back to Cuba
Arroz con Pollo
Cuba
Cuba's most cooked-at-home dish. Every Cuban family has their version.
Cuban chicken and rice — chicken pieces braised in a saffron and tomato sofrito, with rice cooked in the same pot until it absorbs all the flavours. Cuba's home cooking at its finest.
Prep
15 mins
Cook
50 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
430 kcal
Serves
4
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used
Ingredients
1whole chicken, jointed
400glong-grain rice
1onion, diced
1green pepper, diced
4 clovesgarlic, crushed
400gtinned tomatoes
pinchsaffron
200mlwhite wine
3 tbspoil
peas and pimentosto finish
Method
1
Brown chicken. Remove. Fry onion, pepper and garlic.
2
Add tomatoes, wine and saffron. Return chicken. Simmer 20 minutes.
3
Add rice and enough water to cover. Cook covered 20 minutes.
4
Top with peas and pimentos.
Chef's Tip
The sofrito base — onion, pepper, garlic, tomato — is the foundation of all Cuban cooking.
Couldn't load comments right now — please refresh.
Leave a Comment
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
You may also like
More recipes you might enjoy
Some recipe photos courtesy of Openverse and Wikimedia Commons contributors, used under Creative Commons licenses.