Spanish Cast Iron Chicken and Rice: Pollo y Arroz Con Gandules

3-4 pounds chicken pieces (bone in is fine)
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped

2 28-ounce cans crushed tomatoes
5 tablespoons sofrito
2 teaspoons adobo
1 teaspoon sazon
2 teaspoons cumin
2 tablespoons cilantro
1 tablespoon parsley

Mix tomatoes and spices together into a spicy sauce. Heat up an enameled dutch oven (Lodge 7-quart), and brown the chicken on all sides. Add chopped onion and garlic, stir fry it all around until the onions are soft. Add sauce to the pot and mix everything together. Cover and simmer on the stovetop at low-medium heat for an hour and a half. Uncover and simmer for another hour, to reduce and thicken the sauce. During this time, prepare arroz con gandules. When the rice is done, the chicken will be falling off the bone. Serve chicken over rice.

Cast Iron Chaos on Facebook:

[cristrivera]

Man your arroz con gandules looks delicious!! You bring back memories of my grandma in Puerto Rico making it and then serving all the family from her huge "caldero". Thanks for sharing the video and the recipe👍🏻

[patrickburchett]

I'll have to try. Looks awesome. Thanks for sharing your talent.

[BrianGay]

Yum! I’ve been making my mom’s recipe for Puerto Rican Arroz con Pollo for a long time. Yours is quite a bit different from hers, but looks very tasty too!

I learned to make sofrito watching her, and so I have never tried “store bought”.

[abarzuaable]

Omg it looks delicious. I'm over here druling lol

[YukonHawk]

The rice and beans alone are a meal in itself. Yum😁😁😁😁

[bxgal]

I love how did the meal in a cast iron caldero!! I never knew u can cook rice in one of these now I’m looking to purchase one . I just make my rice a little different.. I let the water evaporate then I fold the rice then lower flame for 20 mi utes and it’s cooked. Tfs love that cast iron pot u used

[michaeltyniec]

Looks delicious! This is on the menu for this weekend!

[sherriexu]

I will give it a try this coming week . Thanks for the inspiration

[rootboycooks]

One of my favorite dishes! Rock On EW!

[gtsbarbecueandcuisine]

Muy bueno mi hermano. I confess I have never heard of some of those ingredients but really want to up my game this year. I’ll do my best to try this dish. Gracias y que tenga un buen noche.

[davidnelson]

Looks good! Have you made any dishes with northern wild rice?

[harrisonmantooth]

C I C; Oh my, that really looks delicious. I'd love to give this dish a try. Here where we live in California's Central Valley, we have a large Hispanic population therefore, we have many grocery stores that carry a variety of Hispanic ingredients and spices. I'll have to take my cell phone with me when I go shopping for the ingredients.

I'm thinking about adding some Serrano or Jalapeno chilies to spice it up a bit. Oh yeah, and a dollop of sour cream. Maybe a couple of Tortillas to sop up some of the liquid.

Thanks for sharing another great recipe with us.

Stan

[JerryC]

Those are chicken thighs right? Def going to make this lol

[cheshkat]

This looks delicious. You really make it look easy.

I don't yet have any enameled cast iron. Can I borrow yours?

Hahahaha. Just kidding. Buying enameled cast iron is on my list, but way down on the bottom. Might take longer now that I have my eyes on Lodge's Blacklock skillets I think I would get much more use out of them.

[eklavya]

Any problems with using the tomato and the seasoning? I made a curry with tomatoes and it stripped out the seasoning.

[sabrescurbcheck]

Bro I just made this & it’s unfuckingbelievable!!! Thank you