Rice with Chicken
Ingredients
  • 3pounds chicken breasts(boneless and skinless)
  • 2 limesor sour orange
  • 1large onion
  • 1/2 green pepper
  • 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 1/3cup olive oil
  • 2cup riceValencia type
  • 6cups water
  • 2cups chicken brothor 5 cups water and 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1can tomatoes puree
  • 1tablespoon salt
  • 1/2tablespoon saffron pepper or annatto, for coloring
Instructions
  1. Rinse the breasts and cut them small enough for not needing a knife to eat them.
  2. Season the breasts with the garlic and the lime or sour orange, and place it in the fridge up to cooking time.
  3. Heat the oil at high and stir-fry the onion, the pepper and the chicken (previously drained from the lime), until the chicken gets brown.
  4. Add the water, the chicken broth and the tomato puree. Stir until everything is uniform. Add the rice (without rinsing it) and the saffron, stirring everything again.
  5. Cover the pressure cooker with its cover. Once it starts to whistle, turn off the heat and let it sit for 5 more minutes.
  6. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, go over the same steps and, once the rice boils reduce the heat, cover it and let it cook until the rice is soft.