ARROZ VALENCIANA FILIPINO CLASSIC

Filipinos are truly rice lovers, we cannot end our day without eating rice at least once in a day. And with so much love for rice, we Filipinos has adapted a lot of rice recipes from our neighboring region as well as from the other parts of the globe. Today, I am sharing my inexpensive rice recipe called Arroz Valenciana which basically consist of glutinous rice, regular rice, chicken meat, Spanish sausages and veggies. Please check out the ingredients and try one for your family.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Cup glutinous rice

2 cups regular rice

Chicken breast meat - you can actually use left over meat available in your fridge

Spanish Sausage or Chorizo de Bilbao

Hard boiled Egg

Shitake Mushroom

Black Fungus

Green Onions

Garlic and Onions minced

Belle peppers

Carrots

Green Olives for garnishing

Green peas

Saffron (optional)

Tomato Sauce

Chicken Stock 1 liter or more depending on the texture of rice that you will use, you can adjust the liquid if needed

Annato Seed for coloring

PROCEDURE:

1. In a pan, saute garlic and onion, add in the glutinous rice and regular rice season with salt and pepper.
2. Add in the stock and let it simmer until the rice is cooked and tender, adjust the liquid if needed.
3. In another pan, saute another set of garlic and onions, chicken meat, sausage and all the remaining ingredients and season with salt and pepper. 
4. Once the rice is cooked, transfer the sauteed ingredients from another pan and add in anatto seed extract to color.
5. Garnish with hard boiled eggs on top and some green onions and green olives.
6. Serve and enjoy!