How to Make Arroz Caldo~ With Chef Frank

Making Filipino Arroz Caldo. I don't have a ton of experience with food from the Philippines but I am going to try things on my channel. Hope you enjoy.

Makes 7-8 servings

1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 head garlic peeled & chopped
5-6 scallions greens sliced for garnish whites chopped small
2 in piece of ginger peeled and chopped
2 cups long grain rice
10-12 cups stock or water
2 # boneless chicken thighs cut into 2 in cubes
Salt
Black pepper
Fish sauce

Heat oil in a large sauce pot. Add the garlic, scallion whites & ginger.
Cook until lightly brown. Add the rice & stock. Season with salt & pepper.
Let come to the boil. Stirring every few minutes. Add the chicken.
Let come to a simmer, stirring every few minutes for about an hour or
Until the rice breaks apart & thickens. Remove from heat.
Season with salt, pepper & fish sauce. Serve with hard boiled eggs, scallion
Greens, crispy shallots.

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Production: Karen Proto

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[somerandomboi]

It is soo good that frank has his own chanel cause i always liked him in the epicurious three level series

[anag.]

Me at 1:30 am : Well I think that I am going to bed
*Notification of Frank's channel *
Me: Well sleeping isn't that important

[XcrazydemonX]

Apparently Frank’s sleep schedule is messed up too

[arturoreyes]

The great thing about Filipino food is that it's peasant food, which means it's got relatively few ingredients and is super forgiving to errors.

Filipinos eat this for breakfast, as a mid-afternoon snack, and as a meal replacement when someone is sick.

And speaking as someone who grew up in a Filipino house, I am so glad that the proper amount of garlic is being used.

[ProtoCookswithChefFrank]

I have added a recipe in the description section.

[arlandeetagaytayan]

Wait did Chef Frank just made a Filipino dish? 😳 I've never felt so included whole my life. Thanks for giving us advice!

[griffinwalker]

Notice how almost all his videos have 0 dislikes





this man gets the respect he deserves

[roxannejoyceaben]

I am filipino and as the grand daughter of someone who owns acres of rice fields, ( and so even if we're running out of food rice is something we always have), I approve this is very filipino. My mom likes to add chicharon if we have it, which is fried pork skin. and we always have egg in it.

[bluefur]

Kudos, your choice of toppings looks really legit and traditional, unlike some chefs who tend to 'westernize' dishes. The only major innovation is that chicken skin chicharon topping (we usually keep the skin on in our chicken) which quite frankly is BRILLIANT and something I wanna try now.

[kingguy]

For more authentic flavor, get some lime especially if you can get calamansi and just right as you are plating. It will taste twice as good.
Also for Arroz caldo, some do shred the chicken in before serving.

Just had arroz caldo awhile ago for breakfast here and it tastes amazing especially the first scalding hot bite hahaha.

[MTCrowde]

We Filipinos eat this as a comfort food, a hangover cure and a meal for the sick.

Also, there's another rice porridge/congee recipe called 'goto' wherein chicken is replaced with either beef or pork innards (stomach, heart, intestines), also very delicious.

[anag.]

Why I am seeing this at 1:34 am???
I am going to try this recipe in my next meal, thank you Frank

[blsutt]

Chef Frank is great! He’s incredibly knowledgeable, but also immediately relatable. Glad he started his own channel.

[thatwhatsherface]

A lot of Filipino food uses few ingredients but all taste amazing. They tend to be hard to mess up....unless your cooking with your Filipino mother. Than you are always doing it wrong. I don't know much about arroz caldo, because my mom doesn't make it. She's more the sinangag type. Still you can legit put anything in fried rice, lumpia, or pancit.

[grustache]

Hey Frank! You are a great chef and I’m looking forward to seeing more! Next time can you make a dessert?

[MarvinSanchez-pjrf]

Your channel is really helpful especially during this trying COVID-19 times. I don’t know anything about cooking and I live with my brother. We both don’t know how to cook but your tips make things easy for us.

[RyanEspadilla]

I'm Filipino... and I APPROVE OF THIS DISH!!! More power Chef Frank!

[gomountaineers]

I am so glad someone said your channel name in one of the epicurrious videos. Frank if you read this can you please make some fancy meals for as cheap as possible, there is something about watching you turn around cheap ingredients with your techniques that is just crazy satisfying to watch and I'd love that just by itself. Maybe even take meal/course suggestions from the comment section for those kind of videos.

[faye]

You and Lorenzo are my favourites on Epicurious! Happy to see you started your own channel and made something I grew up eating. My filipino mom would make this anytime anyone was sick in the house, she would always add a bit of saffron to the broth which made it extra delicious! My favourite toppings are scallions, hardboiled eggs, fried garlic and fried tofu :)

[rwnjs]

Usually we sauté the chicken with ginger and garlic before we add the rice.
The fish sauce is totally optional depending on your taste. :)
Also I like to have hard boiled eggs with caldo. ❤️