Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cuban-style chicken & rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cuban-style chicken & rice using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice:

1. Make ready olive oil for frying
2. Get chicken thighs, skin on
3. Get salt
4. Make ready black pepper
5. Make ready paprika
6. Make ready poultry seasoning
7. Make ready large red pepper (or green bell), cored, seeded & sliced
8. Get large onion, chopped or sliced
9. Get flour
10. Take can chopped tomato
11. Make ready garlic, crushed
12. Prepare cumin
13. Take bay leaf
14. Take fresh thyme, chopped
15. Make ready lime juice
16. Prepare fresh cilantro, chopped

Instructions to make Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice:

1. In a large pan, add the oil and heat over medium heat. Add the seasoned chicken to the pan and cook on both sides for a total of 30 minutes.
2. Remove the chicken to a plate and add the peppers to the pan and begin to sauté them in a small amount of the chicken fat. As they become soft, add the onions and sauté them as well, until they become translucent in about 2-3 minutes.
3. Add in a dash of flour to the pan and mix all the ingredients. Add the tomatoes and the juices to the pan and lightly mix. Continue to heat this mixture while adding the garlic, cumin, bay leaf, and thyme.
4. Turn the heat down to low-medium; add the chicken back to the pan, add some lime juice, top with cilantro, and cover. Simmer this for 15-20 minutes. When done serve with black beans and rice, some fried plantains, and enjoy.
5. [Note: For the traditional dish of Arroz Con Pollo, use a Dutch-oven style pot and brown the chicken on both sides, then add yellow or white rice (2 cups.) and chicken stock (3 cups). You then cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes, adding 1 cup of frozen peas near the end for a delicious one-pot family meal.]

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