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One Pot Chicken & Spanish Rice
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5 from 15 votes

One Pot Garlic Chicken & Spanish Rice

Delicious chicken thighs, spanish rice
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Course: dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Hispanic
Keyword: Chicken Thighs, Easy Recipes, gandules, one pot
Servings: 6

Ingredients

For the chicken

  • 5-6 bone-in skin on chicken thighs Use whichever you like, this is my personal favorite!
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp Sazon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp adobo
  • 1 tsp oregano

For the rice

  • 2 tbsps oil
  • 2 cups long grain rice *long grain is best for this recipe but you can also use medium gain rice! My favorite brand of rice is canilla. rinse your rice!
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 cup gandules beans also referred to as pigeon peas
  • 2 teaspoons Sazon
  • ¼ cup sofrito
  • ¼ cup tomato sauce
  • 2 tbsps minced garlic
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp oregano

Instructions

  • Start by patting dry chicken. Then, in a small bowl, combine oil, Sazon, adobo, salt, and oregano.
  • Pour the oil mixture over the chicken and mix it in.
  • In a large skillet, add oil and sear the chicken on high heat for 3-5 minutes on each side. Remove and set aside.
  • In the same pan, sauté the onion, minced garlic and sofrito until softened. Add in tomato sauce, gandules, Sazon, salt, oregano, and water. Mix in rinsed rice.
  • Cook rice on high for 5-10 minutes or until most of the water is absorbed.
  • Add the seared chicken on top of the rice and continue to cook the rice covered on low heat for another 20 minutes.
  • Garnish with cilantro and limes.

Notes

Note- Depending on the size of your chicken thighs, your chicken may cook faster than your rice,  in this case, remove the chicken thighs and cook them a bit longer in the oven!

Nutrition

Calories: 320kcal