Arroz con pollo

  • Lactose free
  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Cuban chicken with rice, green pepper, tomatoes and saffron from one pot.

4 servingsFinal yield 2,450 g

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Ingredients

  • 700 gChicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw
  • 350 gRice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, unenriched
  • 200 gPeppers, sweet, green, raw
  • 400 gTomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice
  • 1 gSpices, saffron
  • 160 gOnions, raw
  • 25 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 750 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 5 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Cut chicken into 3 cm pieces; chop onion and pepper.
  2. Fry chicken in oil at 175 °C for 8 minutes, then add onion and pepper for 5 minutes.
  3. Stir in rice, tomatoes, water, saffron and salt; cook covered at 90 °C for 25 minutes.
  4. Rest 7 minutes; chicken must reach 74 °C.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,509.6 kcal
Protein
189.2 g
Fat
47.2 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
318.6 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
18.3 g
Saturated fatty acids
8.4 g
Sodium
2,774.8 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
6.9 g

Per serving

Energy
627.4 kcal
Protein
47.3 g
Fat
11.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
79.6 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
4.6 g
Saturated fatty acids
2.1 g
Sodium
693.7 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.7 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
102.4 kcal
Protein
7.7 g
Fat
1.9 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
13 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.75 g
Saturated fatty acids
0.34 g
Sodium
113.3 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.28 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains none of the 14 main allergens.

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal