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Arroz con pollo peruano

Name: Arroz con pollo peruano
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Peruvian
Ingredients: 1 kg legs and thighs chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 2 big bunches coriander leaves (cilantro); a handful for colour spinach; 2 tbsp ají amarillo paste; 2 chopped onion; 4 cloves garlic; 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 2 cups rice; 1 cup green peas; 1 diced carrot; 1/2 strips red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper); 3 1/2 cups stock water; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); Salt, to taste; Lemon juice, for salsa criolla

Chicken and rice cooked green with a mountain of coriander, peas and peppers. Fresh, herby, one pot.

70 minTime

39 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayPeruvian green chicken and rice.

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Arroz con pollo.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)1 kg, legs and thighs

Coriander leaves (cilantro)2 big bunches

Spinacha handful, for colour

Ají amarillo paste2 tbsp

Onion2, chopped

Garlic4 cloves

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp

Rice2 cups

Green peas1 cup

Carrot1, diced

Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)½, strips

Water3½ cups stock

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Saltto taste

Lemon juicefor salsa criolla

Method

5 steps

1Brown seasoned chicken pieces in oil and set aside.
2Blend coriander and spinach with a little water into a smooth green purée.
3Fry onion, garlic, ají paste and cumin, then add the green purée and cook 3 minutes.
4Add rice, stock, salt and chicken. Bring to a boil, then cover and cook on low for 15 minutes.
5Scatter peas, carrot and pepper on top, cover and cook 10 minutes more. Rest 5 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve a piece of chicken on a mound of green rice with salsa criolla of onion and lime on the side and huancaína sauce if you have it.

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Arroz con pollo peruano

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