Chicken with Rice (Arroz con Pollo)

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked chick peas
• 1 1/2 cups tomatoes
• 3 pimentos, sliced
• 1 onion, minced
• 1/2 bay leaf
• 2 cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 peppercorns, ground
• 1/2 pound Spanish sausage (substitute salami)
• 1 good-sized frying chicken
• 3 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 cup boiled rice
• 1 dozen clams
• Stuffed olives
• Pepper rings

Method

1. 1

   Drain chick peas and place in a deep kettle.

2. 2

   Add the tomatoes strained, the pimentos, onion, bay leaf, cloves, salt and pepper.

3. 3

   Cut the sausage in 0.5-inch slices and add to the mixture.

4. 4

   Let all simmer for 0.5 hour and in the meantime joint the chicken.

5. 5

   Salt it well, flour it and brown well in olive oil, then add it to the contents of the kettle together with the rice and a little boiling water.

6. 6

   Simmer together for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

7. 7

   Add clams, cut in pieces, and their liquor.

8. 8

   Cook 10 to 15 minutes longer, season if necessary, and serve on a large deep platter, well-heated.

9. 9

   Garnish with stuffed olives and rings of sweet pepper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The European cookbook for American homes (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France) (1936) by Brown, Cora Lovisa Brackett Mrs., page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon flour 6 or 8 boiled potatoes 2 cups tomato juice 1 cup green peas Joint the chicken and dice the salt pork. Fry the pork in a saucepan and brown the chicken in the fat. Stir in the flour and add the tomato juice. Add pepper and salt and sufficient boiling water to just cover the chicken. Cover closely and let cook until tender. Cook potatoes and peas separately and add to the cooked chicken. Let all heat together for 5 minutes with the cover off, then serve. CHICKEN WITH RICE (Arroz con Polio) 1 cup cooked chick peas 3 pimentos, sliced lVz cups tomatoes 1 onion, minced SPANISH !55 Yz bay leaf 2 cloves i teaspoon salt 3 peppercorns, ground 54 pound Spanish sausage (substitute salami) i good-sized frying chicken Flour 3 teaspoons olive oil i cup boiled rice i dozen clams Stuffed olives Pepper rings

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