New Discovery!!

McCormick has recipe cards with the premeasured seasonings that you need for the recipe. They sell for about $2. I tried one of the recipes. It was good and really easy. I needed to add a few other seasonings to make it perfect... but what a great idea and how easy!! It is also good if you don't have a lot of seasonings.

Arroz con Pollo (Chicken with Rice)

I found a way to prepare the yellow rice in a really easy way!! I use a prepackaged yellow rice (in a long, gold, foil pouch)- I used 2 packs of the yellow rice and one cup of regular rice. Cook it in the rice cooker adding 1.5 x as much water, add frozen peas and carrots (about a cup) and add a little bit of salt.

I cooked the chicken separately and mix it with the rice.

This recipe is about 6 servings

Chicken recipe:

Need: Paprika, Garlic powder, Thyme, Pepper, and black pepper, ground cumin, and fresh garlic (2 cloves)

1 to 1.5 lbs chicken (I like white meat so I use breasts, but dark meat is ok too), 1/4 cup flour, salt, olive oil, 1 bell pepper (red or green), 1 onion, 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, and 1/2 cup white wine

mix the dry seasonings with the flour and sprinkle about 1/4 of the mixture over the diced chicken. Heat the oil in a saute pan and brown the chicken on both sides. Remove the chicken and use the same pan to saute the bell peppers and onions until the onion is clear. I use a food processor to puree the onion and green pepper. If you use fresh garlic cloves, you can add them to the processor to make them smooth. (I ALWAYS use the crushed garlic I buy in the produce dept because I don't like chunks of garlic and it is easier than peeling and smashing garlic on my own.) If you do puree, just pour the mixture into the pan and heat it up. This process will help any small pieces of onions to basically melt away. Add the Tomatoes and white wine and bring to a boil. Add the remaining spice mixture and add the chicken back in cooking over low for about 10 minutes (to finish cooking the chicken).

When the rice is done cooking mix the chicken and sauce to the rice and mix together.

This dish can be served with the traditional tomato, onion, cucumber salad.

Thinly slice onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt. Whisk together red wine vinegar and canola oil. Pour over the vegies and serve. YUMMY!! Of course I don't eat onions but my husband loves them.