Arroz Con Pollo - Cuban Style

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb boneless chicken breast
• 6 (12 ounce) bottles beer
• 1 (12 ounce) arborio rice
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons pepper
• 5 cups hot chicken broth
• 2 medium onions, chopped fine
• 1 small green pepper, chopped fine
• 2 fresh garlic cloves, chopped fine
• 4 tablespoons corn oil

Recipe

• 1 cut chicken breasts into bite size cubes. season with 1 teaspoon of salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and cumin; set aside.
• 2 heat chicken broth.
• 3 in an large iron pot put 2 tablespoons corn oil; add chicken breasts and fry until brown.
• 4 don't cook the chicken completely. take chicken out and set aside.
• 5 to the same pot add 2 tablespoons of oil and add chopped onions, garlic and green peppers. sauté until onions are soft about 3 minutes. add pearl rice and sauté for about 2 minutes to seal the rice.
• 6 start adding your liquid 1/2 cup of broth and 1 bottle of beer.
• 7 when rice has absorbed the liquid, repeat step--1/2 cup of chicken broth and one bottle of beer; continue until rice is soft, stirring constantly after each addition of liquid.
• 8 add the remaining 1 teaspoon of salt.when rice is almost cooked, add your chicken breast back into pot.
• 9 continue to cook until rice it fully cooked. rice should be wet not dry. serve immediately.