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Dinner · 40 min · Amounts not specified

Arroz con pollo

Chicken and rice in one pot. Sofrito first, rice in the same fat. Peas at the end. It should be a yellow-orange pot, not fried rice.

The sheet · 4 bowls · 40 min

easy

Why tonight. Chicken and rice in one pot. Sofrito first, rice in the same fat. Peas at the end. It should be a yellow-orange pot, not fried rice.

What it needs

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  • chicken
  • rice
  • tomato
  • bell pepper
  • cumin

Good if you have them, fine if you do not: peas.

Method

  1. Brown the chicken skin-side down first and take it out. That fond is where the color and depth come from.
  2. Sofrito next — onion, pepper and tomato cooked down until dark and jammy.
  3. Rice stirred through until coated, stock in, chicken back on top with the skin above the liquid.
  4. Lid on and no stirring. Rest it ten minutes off the heat, peas folded through at the end.

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Published minimum internal temperaturesPoultry, whole or ground: 74°C, 165°F.Poultry, whole or ground74°C / 165°F40°C50°C60°C70°C80°C

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What the ingredients are actually doing

chicken
Two different foods depending on the cut.
rice
Starch that either steams or fries, and the two want opposite things.
tomato
Sweet, sour and savory at once, which is why it holds up so many dishes with no meat in them.
bell pepper
Sweetness and water. Raw it is crunch, blistered under a broiler it goes silky and smoky and stops tasting like a salad bar — that char is most of the reason to buy them.
cumin
Earthy and slightly bitter, and it needs heat to open.

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