Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice - aka Arroz con Pollo

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 No, I'm not Puerto Rican, but I tended bar in an area where probably 50% or more of my customers were.  While my rudimentary Spanish I learned back in High School helped me serve "cervesas" (always Budweiser, I would ask big or little because we had both size bottles, but I wonder what they are drinking now!!)   After a few years I had made quite a few friends, and they taught me to cook some of their favorites (after bringing me dinners prepared by their wives they would take me to their homes so I could learn and their wives would realize they were more than welcome to come into the bar with their husbands)  

Arroz con Pollo and Bacalao were my favorites.  I realized that I haven't ever cooked either for my family.  Not sure if I will cook bacalao - my body does not need more salty fried food, but Arroz con Pollo - for sure !!  

Anyway - my recipe can be found here Arroz Con Pollo - Plan to Eat

And I'll be doing more and more recipes on "Plan To Eat" - so follow me there !!  Now, if you don't subscribe to Plan To Eat - why not?  Seriously - it's a great tool to keep your favorite recipes in one place, when you see a new recipe on the web that you want to try - just one click of a button and it'll add to your Plan To Eat account - along with the original link to the website it came from - no more searching your history trying to find that lost recipe !!  Anyway - I'm not selling anything - but if you do end up liking it or using it - wait until Black Friday and sign up for a year subscription, it's half price for at least that day (last year it was 3 day sale)  Oh, and for people who promote things they actually don't use ....  This is my account - always purchased on the black Friday sale, and surprisingly the price has never gone up !  



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