Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cuban-style chicken & rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have cuban-style chicken & rice using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice:
- Prepare 1/3 cup olive oil for frying
- Prepare 4-6 chicken thighs, skin on
- Take 1 tsp. salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. paprika
- Prepare 1 tsp. poultry seasoning
- Prepare 2 large red pepper (or green bell), cored, seeded & sliced
- Prepare 1 large onion, chopped or sliced
- Take Dash flour
- Get 1 (14 oz.) can chopped tomato
- Take 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- Get 1/2 tsp. cumin
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 2 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped
- Take 1 tsp. lime juice
- Take 1/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
Instructions to make Cuban-Style Chicken & Rice:
- In a large pan, add the oil and heat over medium heat. Add the seasoned chicken to the pan and cook on both sides for a total of 30 minutes.
- Remove the chicken to a plate and add the peppers to the pan and begin to sauté them in a small amount of the chicken fat. As they become soft, add the onions and sauté them as well, until they become translucent in about 2-3 minutes.
- Add in a dash of flour to the pan and mix all the ingredients. Add the tomatoes and the juices to the pan and lightly mix. Continue to heat this mixture while adding the garlic, cumin, bay leaf, and thyme.
- Turn the heat down to low-medium; add the chicken back to the pan, add some lime juice, top with cilantro, and cover. Simmer this for 15-20 minutes. When done serve with black beans and rice, some fried plantains, and enjoy.
- [Note: For the traditional dish of Arroz Con Pollo, use a Dutch-oven style pot and brown the chicken on both sides, then add yellow or white rice (2 cups.) and chicken stock (3 cups). You then cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes, adding 1 cup of frozen peas near the end for a delicious one-pot family meal.]
Foods That Make You Happy
Many of us have been taught to believe that comfort foods are not good and to be avoided. However, if your comfort food is candy or junk food this holds true. Soemtimes, comfort foods can be very nourishing and good for us to eat. There are several foods that really can boost your moods when you eat them. If you feel a little bit down and you need an emotional pick me up, try several of these.
Eggs, would you believe, are great for helping you combat depression. Just make sure that you do not throw out the egg yolk. Whenever you wish to cheer yourself up, the egg yolk is the most vital part of the egg. Eggs, the yolks particularly, are rich in B vitamins. These B vitamins are great for helping to elevate your mood. This is because the B vitamins help your neural transmitters–the parts of your brain that control your mood–run better. Try eating some eggs to jolly up!
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Now you can see that junk food isn’t necessarily what you have to eat when you wish to help your moods get better. Try several of these instead!
