Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Achiote Oil, recipe follows
- 1 (three or four-pound) chicken, reduce 10 pieces
- Fine ocean or kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup Sofrito, recipe follows
- 1/4 cup alcaparrado or coarsely chopped pimiento-stuffed olives
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Pinch ground cloves
- 4 cups lengthy-grain grain
- 5 cups homemade or store-bought reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 2 large canned roasted red peppers, reduce 1/4-inch strips (about 1 1/2 cups)
- Achiote Oil:
- 1 cup essential olive oil
- two tablespoons achiote (annatto) seeds, see Cook's Note*
- Sofrito:
- 2 medium Spanish onions (about 12 ounces), reduce large chunks
- three or four Italian frying peppers or Cubanelle peppers, cored, seeded and reduce large chunks
- 16 to twenty cloves garlic clove, peeled
- 1 large bunch cilantro, washed
- seven to ten ajices dulces (see Cook's Note*), optional
- 4 leaves culantro (see Cook's Note*), optional
- three or four ripe plum tomato plants (about 1 pound), cored and reduce chunks
- 1 large red bell pepper, cored, seeded and reduce large chunks
Directions
Inside a paella pan or wide, shallow pan having a tight-fitting lid, heat the Achiote Oil over medium-high temperature before the oil is rippling. Season the chicken with pepper and salt and add as numerous pieces skin side lower towards the pan as fit without touching. Prepare, turning as necessary, until well browned on every side, about ten minutes. Take away the pieces because they are done and hang aside. Adjust heat underneath the pan, especially once you start removing chicken, therefore the chicken browns with no oil darkening.
When all of the chicken is taken away in the pan, add some Sofrito and alcaparrado. Season, to taste, with pepper and salt. Enhance the heat to high and boil until the majority of the water is evaporated in the Sofrito. Add some cumin and cloves.
Stir within the grain until coated with oil. Return the chicken towards the pan, pour in enough broth to pay for the grain through the width of two fingers (about 1-inch), and produce to some boil. Prepare over high temperature until the amount of liquid reaches the grain. Stir lightly and lower heat to low. Cover the pan and prepare before the liquid is absorbed, the chicken is cooked through, and also the grain is tender but firm, about twenty minutes. Fluff the grain having a fork. The arroz disadvantage pollo could be introduced towards the table in the actual pan or used in a sizable serving platter. In either case, garnish using the red pepper before serving.
Achiote Oil:
Heat the oil and annatto seeds in a tiny skillet over medium heat just before the seeds produce an active, steady sizzle. Don't overheat the mix or even the seeds will turn black and also the oil will turn an awful eco-friendly. Once they are sizzling, take away the pan in the heat and let stand before the sizzling stops. Strain and reserve inside a jar having a tight-fitting lid at 70 degrees for approximately 4 days.
*Cook's Note: Achiote seeds really are a deep orange seed having a nutty flavor. These come in many supermarkets and just about all Latin markets.
Yield: about 1 cup
Sofrito:
Chop the onion and Cubanelle or Italian peppers within the work bowl of the mixer until coarsely chopped. Using the motor running, add some remaining ingredients 1 at any given time and process until smooth. The sofrito could keep within the refrigerator for approximately three days. Additionally, it freezes superbly.
*Cook's Note: Ajices dulces are little sweet peppers that appear to be like the fiery hot Scotch bonnet or habanero peppers, only smaller sized. There is a wonderful fresh herbal flavor, similar to cilantro. only a small little bit of heat. Culantro is definitely an plant with broad, round-tipped leaves. Its flavor is comparable to cilantro, but a lot more intense. Both ajices dulces and culantro can be found in Latin markets. If you fail to locate them, simply combine cilantro to at least one 1/2 bunches.
Yield: about 4 cups
Recipe thanks to Daisy Martinez, 2008
