Arroz con Pollo

Arroz con Pollo

Ingredients:

• 1-  2lb / 1000 gr chicken, cut up with skin on

Marinade for chicken:

• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 crushed garlic clove
• juice from 1 lime
• juice from ½ orange
• 1 tsp of dried oregano
• 1 tsp of ground cumin
• 1 bay leave
• 1/4 tsp ground pepper
• 2 tsp of salt
• 2 cups / 480 ml Valencia rice or Arborio rice (rinsed)
• 2 med onions chopped
• ½ med green peppers
• 3 garlic cloves crushed
• 5 tbsp light olive oil
• 1  8oz. / 240 ml can tomato sauce
• 1 cup / 240 ml beer
• 1 ½  cups / 355 ml of chicken broth
• 1 small can of sweet peas
• 1-  (4oz. / 125 gr) jar pimentos
• ½  tsp of  bijol (yellow rice coloring)

Directions:
Place cut up chicken in a glass container, rub chicken with dry ingredients and add juices from lime, orange, rub with marinade and let sit for 1 hour in refrigerator.

Add 2 tbsp of oil in sauté pan and brown chicken set aside.

In a deep 10 inch pan with lid add rest of oil, sauté green pepper, onion, garlic until translucent.
Add tomato sauce and ½ can peas with juice from can, salt, chicken broth, bijol (yellow rice coloring), beer, rest of dry ingredients, rice and  stir to mix add chicken and bring to a boil until it has absorb some of the liquid cover and lower heat and simmer for 45 minutes.  Garnish with rest of peas and pimentos.

Preparation Time: 1 hour
Cooking Time: 45 min
Number of servings: 4 – 6

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