Mexican Chicken Soup With Rice Caldo De Pollo Con Arroz Food

CALDO DE POLLO (CHICKEN SOUP) AND MEXICAN RICE

Steps:

• In a pot on medium heat, add water, chicken, onions, carrots, corn, potato, salt, and pepper. Leave covered.
• Once the chicken is fully cooked, add zucchini and celery. Mix until fully incorporated. Then, bring the pot to a simmer.
• Optional. Serve topped with cilantro and freshly squeezed lemon juice.
• Cook rice per package instructions.
• While the rice is cooking, add tomato, onions, garlic, cumin, and salt. Mix until fully incorporated. Serve and enjoy.

MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE (CALDO DE POLLO CON ARROZ)

Steps:

• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and water has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Place tomatoes in a pot with water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook until soft but not falling apart, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain and let cool briefly. Peel and place in a blender; add onion, chipotle peppers, garlic, and black pepper. Blend until smooth. Strain mixture, discarding solids, for the sauce.
• Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add carrots and celery; saute until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Pour in blended tomato sauce. Add chicken broth and bouillon. Cook and stir until carrot and celery are soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Add peas and chicken breast; cook until heated through, about 3 minutes. Serve soup over a spoonful of rice; top with avocado slices and Monterey Jack cheese.

MEXICAN CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP (SOPA DE POLLO Y ARROZ)

Steps:

• Bring stock to a boil in a large pot over high heat. Add chicken legs; return to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes, skimming away foam that forms on the surface. Add carrots, onion, celery, cilantro, garlic, and mint.
• Cover pot and cook until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 30 minutes more. Remove chicken from the pot; discard skin and bones. Shred meat using 2 forks.
• Return chicken meat to the pot and season with salt and pepper. Add rice. Let chicken and rice warm up, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and pour soup into serving bowls. Top with avocado and serrano peppers and squeeze in lime juice.

ARROZ CON POLLO

Steps:

• Rinse the rice and place in a bowl. Cover with warm water and let it soak for 15 minutes.
• While the rice is soaking, season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large cazuela or pot. Once the oil is hot, add the chicken pieces and cook for 5 minutes per side. Remove from the pot and set aside.
• Now it is time to cook the rice. Drain the rice using a strainer and shake to make sure it doesn't have any excess moisture. Before adding the rice to the cazuela, make sure that there is only about one tablespoon of oil in it. If you see more oil or fat from the chicken in the cazuela, remove it, since too much oil will render a mushy rice. Now, stir in the rice and cook over medium high heat for 3 minutes.
• Add the diced carrots and the chopped onions. Cook for 3 more minutes.
• Place the chopped tomato and garlic in your blender along with ¾ cups of warm water and process until smooth.
• Pour this mixture over the rice and let it cook for a couple of minutes. Once it starts boiling, reduce the heat, season with salt, add the chicken pieces, and cover the pot. Cook for 1 minute, then add the cilantro sprigs and the drained green peas (see note above). Keep cooking for 6-8 more minutes.
• After you are done cooking, remove the Arroz con Pollo pot from the heat and let it rest for 12-15 more minutes. Some cooks cover the pot with a kitchen towel in order to absorb all the moisture from the rice.

ARROZ CON POLLO

Steps:

• Mix 2 teaspoons of salt, garlic powder, chili powder, cumin and black pepper in a small bowl.
• Pat chicken dry and remove the skin if desired. Place chicken on a large plate or other flat surface and evenly coat chicken with the spice mixture.
• Heat oil in a large, 12-inch skillet or saute pan with high sides over medium-high heat. Add the chicken, skin side first, and cook until browned on all sides; 5-6 minutes per side. Transfer to a clean plate.
• Add onions and bell pepper to the skillet and season with a pinch or two of salt. Cook over medium heat until softened; 5-7 minutes. Add minced garlic and the rice and cook for an additional minute, until rice begins to turn a golden color and the garlic is fragrant.
• Meanwhile, combine 1 ¼ cups of water, chicken broth, tomato sauce and a teaspoon of caldo de tomat* in a medium bowl. Pour into the skillet with the rice, stirring to make sure that all the rice is covered with the liquid.
• Nestle the chicken pieces in with the rice and bring to a boil. Add the peas, then reduce heat to low and cover. Cook until chicken is cooked through (registers 165 on an instant read digital thermometer), rice is tender and fluffy and most of the liquid is absorbed; about 30-35 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes before serving.

SOPA DE ARROZ CON POLLO (RICE AND CHICKEN SOUP)

Steps:

• In a large pot place all the ingredients except the rice and cilantro. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add the rice and continue simmering for 15- 20 minutes more or until the rice is tender. Remove the chicken from the pot, remove the skin and debone it, breaking the meat into bite sized pieces, and return the meat to the soup.
• Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the cilantro and serve.

SOPA DE POLLO CON ARROZ (CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP)

Steps:

• Extract giblets from chicken and remove the liver.
• Place chicken in a pot of water just large enough to hold it.
• Cover with 1-2 quarts of water and add the giblets.
• Add salt and bring to a boil, skimming off any foam.
• Reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer for 20 or more minutes.
• Chicken should fall apart after cooking.
• Completely bone out the cooked chicken.
• Separate white meat for use in the finished soup.
• Crack the bones and return them to the stock with the skin.
• Add all other non-meat parts of the chicken back to the stock.
• Bring stock and giblets back to a fast simmer.
• Cook stock for 1/2-1 hour longer.
• Begin washing rice.
• Strain stock and remove most, but not all of the fat.
• Peel the potato, tomato and carrots.
• Bring stock to a boil and reduce heat.
• Cut carrots into coins, dice potato into 1/2" cubes and add with cabbage cut into 1" chunks.
• Chop onion coarsely and add along with pressed or finely minced garlic.
• Remove strings by breaking the top of the stalk backwards and pulling down to strip them out, slice celery into medium pieces and add.
• Peel and seed tomato, strain tomato juice from seeds and add with chopped cilantro leaves.
• Chop some of the celery heart's leaves and add with diced chicken white meat in 1/2" chunks.
• Finish washing rice and add to soup.
• During last half hour of cooking add all other spices.
• Adjust salt to taste (this recipe can take a lot of salt).
• Avoid adding too much cumin, it will spoil the flavor.
• DO NOT let the soup boil, it will turn to mush.
• DO NOT use the chicken liver in the soup.
• When the rice begins to "bloom" turn off the heat.
• Elbow macaroni, stars or alphabet pasta may be used.
• If using pasta, omit or reduce the amount of rice.
• If the stock is made right it will gel when chilled.
• Note: This recipe took years to figure out.
• DO NOT use chicken bullion cubes or paste when making this.
• They will cloud the soup and destroy its delicate bouquet.
• Tinned broth is acceptable but will not compare to using the stock described above.

CALDO DE POLLO CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• clean chicken then split down the spine and remove as much skin as possible.
• add chicken, onion, garlic & seasonings to a large pot and fill with broth & water.
• cut tops and ends off all veggies and add them to the pot.
• heat over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
• reduce heat, cover and cook for 1 hour. Don't boil too hard or broth will evaporate too quickly.
• cut & dice vegetables.
• remove chicken and let cool then cube.
• add the carrots, celery and chayotes, the lime juice, el pato sauce, diced tomatoes, and jalapeno, and let boil for 15 minutes.
• add cabbage, corn and the cubed chicken and cook until all veggies are soft (approx. 10 minutes). add cilantro at the very end.
• add 3-4 spoonfuls of my spanish rice recipe when serving.

ARROZ CON POLLO (PUERTO RICAN RICE WITH CHICKEN)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, season your chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder and oregano. Let sit for ten minutes.
• Into a large heavy bottom caldero or dutch oven pan, heat your oil over medium high heat. Then add in your chicken. Brown both sides of chicken, about 3-4 minutes per side. Next, add in everything except for the rice and broth. Mix it all together, and allow to cook for about three minutes.
• After three minutes, stir in the rice, allow the rice to absorb all of the sauce for about 1-2 minutes before adding in the broth. Stir rice and broth together, allow it to come to a light boil, for about 5-7 minutes.
• Once you're able to see the grains of rice just at the surface, you will lower your heat to medium low, COVER your pot, and let it cook for 20-30 minutes.
• After 20 minutes, check on your rice, if there is still any liquid or your rice isn't as soft as desired, let it cook an additional 5-10 minutes. Once liquid is absorbed and rice is soft, remove from heat, let it sit for 5 minutes before giving it a GENTLE fluff with a fork, then serve immediately.