Arroz Con Pollo

Yield > 4
Keys : Chicken Main Dish Poultry Spanish Spain European
Mediterranean
Ingredients :
1 cup long grain white rice
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup water
1 x chicken - (abt 3 lbs) cut
serving pieces
Paprika to taste
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black
pepper to taste
2 tbl vegetable or olive oil
2 med onions chopped
1 x garlic clove minced
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
1/4 tsp saffron
1 can chicken broth - (13 1/2
oz)
1 x tomato peeled, chopped
1 pkt frozen green peas - (10
oz)
1 cup sliced green olives
1 jar pimiento - (4 oz) sliced
Method :
• Combine rice and 1 1/2 cups water in a metal bowl which
will fit loosely in a 4- or 6-quart pressure cooker. Place 1 cup
water, cooking rack or steamer basket, and bowl in pressure
cooker.
• Close pressure cooker cover securely. Place pressure
regulator on vent pipe. Cook for 5 minutes, at 15 pounds
pressure, with pressure regulator rocking slowly. Let pressure
drop of its own accord. Remove bowl of rice and allow to steam
uncovered while preparing chicken.
• Remove water and rack or basket from pressure cooker.
Sprinkle chicken with paprika, salt, and pepper. Heat oil in
pressure cooker. Brown chicken a few pieces at a time; set
aside.
• Saute onions and garlic until tender. Return all chicken to
pressure cooker; add bay leaf, red pepper, saffron, and
chicken broth.
• Close pressure cooker cover securely. Place pressure
regulator on vent pipe. Cook for 8 minutes, at 15 pounds
pressure, with regulator rocking slowly. Cool pressure cooker
at once.
• Remove chicken and stir in rice, tomato, green peas,
sliced olives, and pimiento. Return chicken to pressure cooker
and heat to a simmer, uncovered.
• This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.
• Comments: Modern Spanish cuisine has been profoundly
influenced by the Moors, who occupied Spain for 700 years.
The Moors, a cultured and sophisticated people, brought
technological as well as culinary expertise to Spain's primarily
peasant population. For example, the Moors brought irrigation
to Spain and introduced the cultivation of rice, now a staple in
any Spanish meal. Spain's popular Arroz Con Pollo (Chicken
with Rice) is delicious served with an orange and onion salad
and caramel custard for dessert.