Sweet Chicken Rice
1 hour 15 minutes
This is a Filipino chicken and rice dish known as 'Arroz Valenciana' that is made similar to a risotto. Chicken, onion and chorizo is sautéed then the rice is added; instead of stock coconut milk is added then it is cooked until the rice is tender.
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Ingredients
Serves: 10
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1kg chicken pieces
- 2 pieces chorizo sausage
- 200g olives
- 225g sweet peas
- 1 pinch salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 medium tomatoes, diced
- 230ml water
- 2 cups (340g) sticky rice
- 1 (400ml) tin coconut milk
- 1 red capsicum, sliced longwise
- 2 hard boiled eggs, sliced longwise
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:1hour ›
Ready in:1hour15min
- Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent. Add paprika and mix.
- Add chicken, chorizo, olives, sweet peas, salt and pepper then mix thoroughly. Cover and cook 5 minutes.
- Add tomatoes then cook for 5 minutes.
- Add water then cook another 5 minutes.
- Add rice then mix thoroughly, cover and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Add coconut milk the boil for another 5 minutes.
- Add red capsicum, cover and cook 10 minutes or until the sweet rice is done. Serve hot, garnish with hard boiled eggs.
