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Locrio de Pollo

Locrio de Pollo is an easy, one-pot, delicious Dominican style rice and chicken dish that packs all the flavor!

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ lb chicken
  • ½ red onion diced
  • ½ cubanelle pepper diced
  • red pepper diced
  • green pepper diced
  • Adobo con sazon
  • Cumin
  • Dominican oregano
  • Garlic powder
  • Onion powder
  • Garlic paste or 4 cloves of mashed garlic
  • 2 tbs sofrito
  • Lime juice
  • Black pepper
  • Olive oil
  • Sazon packet - optional
  • Sugar
  • Chicken bouillon
  • 1.5 c water
  • 2 c rice
  • Tomato sauce
  • Cilantro optional

Instructions
 

  • Prep veggies by dicing peppers and onions (and garlic if opting for that)
  • Add to cleaned chicken, then add all the seasonings - sazon, adobo, cumin, dominican oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, garlic paste, black pepper, 1 tbs sofrito, lime juice, olive oil and maybe a sazon packet if you want
  • In a caldero, add oil and sugar and brown. Shake the vegetables of the marinade off of the chicken and add chicken to caldero to get color on all sides then remove chicken and add chicken bouillon, sofrito, and tomato sauce cook for a minute or two
  • Add water to the remaining vegetables and marinade
  • Then add the marinade to the caldero and bring to a boil.
  • Once boiling add washed rice to the pot and let the water evaporate.
  • Then add chicken back, a handful of cilantro, and cover and reduce heat to low for 30 minutes.
  • Fluff rice and chicken, remove cilantro, and let cool before serving

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