🍗 Chicken and Vegetable Rice

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Family-style rice with juicy chicken and seasonal vegetables.

⏱️ 50 min🍽️ 4 servings👩‍🍳 Hard🔥 355 calories per serving💪 25 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (6.3 oz / 180 g) bomba rice (short-grain rice)
  • 10.5 oz (300 g) chopped chicken pieces
  • 3.5 oz (100 g) carrot
  • 2.8 oz (80 g) red bell pepper
  • 1/2 cup (3.5 oz / 100 g) crushed fresh tomato
  • 2 1/2 cups (600 ml) chicken broth
  • 2.8 oz (80 g) onion
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1.5 tbsp (22 ml) olive oil

How to make it, step by step

  1. Brown the chicken pieces in oil with salt and pepper. Set aside.
  2. Sauté the onion, bell pepper, and carrot for 8 minutes. Add the tomato and paprika.
  3. Add the short-grain rice and stir it into the sofrito for 2 minutes.
  4. Add the hot chicken broth and the reserved chicken. Cook for 20 minutes.
  5. Let rest, covered, for 5 minutes and serve.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

355
calories
25 g
protein
41 g
carbs
9 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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