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Arroz Valenciana Recipe

Arroz Valenciana is a mouth-watering dish that everyone will enjoy once they taste it

Arroz Valenciana recipe Panlasang Pinoy is a festive, colorful and tasty Filipino dish. The recipe features chicken, glutinous rice, Chorizo de Bilbao, coconut milk and saffron. If you’re looking for a special dish to celebrate New Year’s eve, Christmas parties or Noche Buena, then Arroz Valenciana it’s definitely a perfect choice.

Ingredients

  • Long-grain rice (1 1/2 cups)
  • Glutinous rice (1/2 cup)
  • Frozen green peas (1/2 cup, thawed)
  • Small red bell pepper (1 piece, seeded, cored and cut into thin strips)
  • Small green bell pepper (1 piece, seeded, cored and cut into thin strips)
  • Tomato paste (2 tablespoons)
  • Chicken broth (1 1/2 cups)
  • Coconut milk (1 1/2 cups)
  • Fish sauce (2 tablespoons)
  • Saffron (1/4 teaspoon)
  • Chorizo de Bilbao (5 ounces, cut into 1/2” thick slices diagonally)
  • Boneless chicken leg or thigh meat (1/2 pound, cut into serving pieces or 1” pieces)
  • Garlic (3 cloves, peeled and minced)
  • Olive oil or canola (1 tablespoon)

Instructions

Step 1: Mix in a bowl glutinous and long-grain rice. Rinse with cold water a few times until the water becomes clear.

Step 2: Prepare a large and heavy-bottomed pan. You should choose a large enough cookware, as the rice will expand during the cooking process. Make sure to use a tight-fitting lid to prevent the steam from escaping. Pour in the oil and heat over medium temperature.

Step 3: Add the chicken meat and cook until the surface changes color and lightly browns (about 3 minutes). Don’t forget to stir the meat every so often to avoid burning

Step 4: Add in Chorizo de Bilbao then cook until it releases color and becomes lightly browned (about 2 minutes).

Step 5: Add saffron and stir occasionally. Cook for around 1 minute. Saffron will contribute a distinctive flavor and color to the dish.

Step 6: Pour in some fish sauce for seasoning and continue cooking for 1 – 2 minutes.

Step 7: Add in the washed rice, stir regularly and cook until lightly toasted (for 2 – 3 minutes).

Step 8: Pour in chicken broth and coconut milk. Add tomato paste. Then stir everything up until well incorporated.

Step 9: Add in half of the red and green bell peppers, green peas. Then stir well for the ingredients to combine.

Notes

In this recipe of Arroz Valenciana, we use sausage and chicken as the main ingredients. Of course, feel free to make it a more elaborate dish with the addition or substitution of duck, beef, pork, seafood…

To add a more sophisticated texture and color the dish, there are some other vegetables that you can also use. The most common ingredients are green peas, fresh tomatoes, cubed potatoes, bell peppers…

The dish can be garnished with hard boiled egg slices, lemon wedges, chopped parsley or green onions, carrot florets or pepper strips. The garnishments will make the presentation of the dish more colorful and festive.

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