Peruvian Chicken with Spicy Rice

By neysa

An all-in-one dish to tempt your tastebuds. The originaly recipe calls for frying the chicken, to give it a golden skin, but you could also try crisping it in the oven, to cut the fat.

Ingredients

• 8 pieces chicken
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 onion , chopped
• 3 cloves garlic , minced
• 1 hot pepper , chopped (jalapeno or similar)
• 1 cup cilantro , blended
• 2 red peppers (1 chopped and the other in strips to decorate)
• 3 cups rice
• 1 cup peas
• 1/2 cup corn kernel
• 2 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup beer
• salt and pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Directions:

1 Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper and shallow fry in oil until golden.

2 Remove chicken.

3 In the same pan, sauté garlic, onion, the chopped hot pepper and cilantro.

4 Return chicken pieces to pan, add beer and continue cooking until chicken is tender.

5 Remove pieces, keep them warm.

6 Add rice, peas, corn and peppers.

7 Pour water and cook at medium heat for 20 minutes more or until rice is done.

8 Serve rice with chicken pieces and garnish with pepper strips.