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Pollo Asado And Yellow Vegetable Rice Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Flanboyanteats / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago This is a very traditional Cuban dish eaten in every Cuban home! I love it! The rice is super simple to make any day of the week. The chicken is very savory and delish! Please enjoy and tell me: would you buy my Latin fusion cookbook!?!?! :) And you ... More Prep:60m Cook:60m Servings:6	Flanboyante
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Pollo Asado

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Ingredients

Pollo Asado

* 3 whole chicken breasts

* 1/2 large sliced red or Spanish onion

* 4 smashed garlic cloves

* 1/2 cup mojo criollo *

* 1tbsp oregano

* 2 tsp cumin

* 2 tsp salt

* 1/4 lemon wedge

* 3/4 cup vegetable oil

Yellow Vegetable Rice

* 2.5 cups white rice

* 3 cups water

* 1 lb. frozen mixed vegetables

* * if you prefer fresh vegetables: 1 ear of corn for kernels, 1/4 cup peas, 8 oz. small carrots, 8 oz. small cut green beans

* 1 packet of Sazon seasoning with achiote (this yellows the rice)(see note below)

* 3 tbsp vegetable or olive oil

* 2.5 tbsp salt

Yellow Rice Sofrito

* 1/2 diced green pepper

* 2 diced green onion stems

* 1/2 diced large onion

* 1 whole tomato

* 4 minced garlic cloves

Directions

Pollo Asado

In large pot, season chicken with garlic and onion, salt, oregano, cumin.

Pinch chicken with fork to allow seasoning to sit well.

Add 1/4 cup of mojo to chicken, stir and let marinate for one hour to 90 minutes.

In same pot, lightly fry chicken breast in vegetable oil until both sides have browned, for 6-7 minutes.

Add remainder of mojo and squeeze lemon wedge.

Bring heat down to medium-low, cover and let cook for another 30 minutes.

If you find your chicken too dry, you can add 1/2 cup of dry white cooking wine. Steam from pot will create the excess mojo sauce.

Serves 3

Rice

In rice cooker, add rice and water to pot.

Add sofrito, mixed vegetables (frozen or fresh), packet of Sazon seasoning, salt, and oil.

Stir and click on cook! Should be done in about 20 minutes.

When cooker chimes, let sit for 5 minutes.

Fork and comb through rice, lifting the grain.

Allow to sit for another 5 minutes. Yields enough for 7.

Sofrito

In light oil, sautee onion, garlic, green onion (scallion) green pepper and tomato on medium heat, allowing onions to cook down.

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Comments

hollydayz 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This looks Fab!

flanboyanteats 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Oh Thanks!! It's soo good. You should try when you have time!:)

kukla 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This DOES sound devine (and it looks fab, too!) I'm working my way through some of the ingredients (we may not be able to get some of them in the Great White North LOL! - but that won't stop me) Yep, I'd buy your Latin fusion cookbook :)

tupelohoney17 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I would love to try this-sounds wonderful. Any suggestions as to what kind of market I would need to find in order to get the mojo criollo or the Sazon seasonings? Or any suggestions on the type of spices I would need to make my own? I wish you were here to cook this...***GRIN***.