Chicken and rice is a classic combination and gets a kick of Spanish spices in this recipe. With a few easy additions to boxed rice mix, you can have a whole new and exciting dish!
If you don’t want to use a mix try one of these two interesting recipes that can work to make your own. Try Mexican Rice or Spanish Sweet Potato Rice.
Spanish Style Chicken & Rice
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 3-pound chicken, cut into 1/8ths
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 6.75-ounce box Spanish rice mix
- 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 cup water
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine cumin, oregano, paprika, salt and chili powder. Rub all over chicken parts.
- Heat olive oil in a large heavy skillet over medium high heat. Brown chicken on all sides, about 12 minutes total and transfer to a plate.
- Add bell pepper and sauté 5 minutes. Add rice mix with seasoning pouch, tomatoes with juice, frozen peas and chicken. Add water, bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer.
- Cover and cook over low heat until rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes.
Hi Mir I can NOT believe you asked me this I was just thinking about making my own Spanish rice mix to lower the sodium – you can just add some chili powder and garlic powder to taste and use a low sodium chicken broth in place of water but I think I am going to use the same spice rub on the chicken on the rice but half the amounts
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, optional
1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon chili powder and add that combo in place of the seasoning pouch with (brown) Basmati rice.
The Near East rice has a high sodium content. What would I do if i used basmati or brown rice?
YAY I am so happy – thanks for letting us know.
This was amazing! I made it for Shabbos, using Near East Spanish Rice mix and seasoned diced tomatoes. My family loved it!