Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Cook & Talk September 2013: Team Colombia

Arroz con Pollo
serves 12       

500g (4 cups) jazmin Rice
4 chicken breasts
500g (3 cups) of frozen carrots and peas
250g (1½ cups) of frozen green beans
2 white onions
3 tomatoes, chopped
1 red pepper
celery leaves for flavour
1 chicken cube (bouillon)
200g butter or margarine

Garlic cloves
Salt and pepper
One plant of coriander – for garnish
1 bottle of oil
3 bottle of capers –for garnish
1 bottle ketchup (1 liter will be enough for 30 plates)
1 bottle of Worcestershire sauce
Sazon Goya (a type of seasoning)
Saffron


Directions
1.      Cook rice with salt and chicken bouillon; then let it cool.
2.      Place chicken breasts, 5 cups water, salt, one onion, 2 garlic cloves, and 1 celery leaf in a big pot. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce the heat to medium low. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes. Turn the heat off and let the chicken rest in the pot for about 15 minutes covered. Let it cool, shred and set aside.
3.      Cook the diced carrots, green beans and peas as per package directions.
4.      In a medium pot, heat the butter.  Add the onions chopped red peppers, garlic and tomatoes. Cook until the onions are translucent, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the chicken, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce.
5.      After everything is mixed, add the cooked vegetables.
6.      In a big pot start combining the rice, with the chicken mix; a little at a time. Add some stock if mixture is too dry.
7.      Top with cilantro and capers.



Salpicon

¼ Watermelon
2 Bananas
1 cup Pineapple
2 apples
Vartiety of fruits
1.5 Lemons
1 liter strawberry juice (saftvand)
1 liter Vanilla ice cream
3/4 bottle Whipped cream

Cut all the fruit into very small pieces. Add some strawberry juice (saftevand) and a little bit of lemon to cover the fruit.
Serve in glasses add a small portion of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream to top.