THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DUTCH GRANDPARENTS BABYSIT
(ingezonden door Daphne J.)
Cubaanse rijst met kip
Krantje
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Ingredients:
4 chicken
breasts
(no rib bone and
skin)
4 chicken bouillon
cubes Pot of Water |
Instructions:
Place chicken on pot of water with bouillon cubes and
let it cook until chicken almost falls apart. Once cooked, separate chicken in
strands and pieces. Reserve the water bouillon. |
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4 Tablespoons of
Olive Oil
2 finely chopped
medium onions
1 finely chopped
medium green pepper 6-8 crushed cloves of garlic |
Heat up the oil in a pot and add the
onions, green pepper and garlic and sautee until the onions are transparent
. |
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1 can of tomato
paste
1 pot of red
pimentos
1 small can of
green peas
1 teaspoon of yellow food coloring.
1 cup of white
cooking wine or regular white wine or 2 cans or beer
1 can of
asparagus spears
2 cups of
shredded mozzarella or Gouda cheese.
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Add the tomato paste
to the onions, green peppers and garlic and cook for approximately 3 minutes and then add the red pimentos and green
peas and cook for another 3 minutes.
Add the shredded chicken and the bouillon and yellow
food coloring.
Add the rice and the cooking wine or regular wine or
beer and place heat in the lowest fire possible. Make sure that rice has plenty
of liquid and cover. After approximately 20 minutes, stir the rice and if
necessary, add more liquid until rice is cooked. There should still be plenty
of liquid in the cooked rice.
Over the rice place the asparagus spears and place
cheese all over the top. Cover and let the cheese melt.
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Place covered pot in
table and let sit for 3 minutes before serving and enjoying.
(english version of Maria Wervenbos' recipe Arroz con Pollo Cubano