DELICIOSO arroz atollado - como hacer arroz atollado colombiano - como hacer un arroz atollado

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Turkey is leaner, while chicken thighs are often more affordable.

chorizo

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey sausage is lower in fat, while smoked sausage can be cheaper.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, and seasoned water is cost-effective.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while canola oil is often less expensive.

Prepare pork belly by drying it well, adding bicarbonate and cumin with salt on both sides, and letting it rest for one hour.

Blend garlic with oil to make a garlic paste for marinating the chicken and pork.

Marinate the chicken and pork with the garlic paste, cumin, and salt, allowing it to rest for at least 8 hours for flavor.

Chop the tomato and prepare to make a sofrito with onion and tomato for the rice.

Heat oil in a pressure cooker and fry the pork belly pieces for about 20 minutes until crispy.

Cut the pork into medium pieces and add to the hot oil to seal the meat.

Add chorizo to the pot, cooking alongside the pork belly.

Once the onion is translucent, add the chopped tomato and season with cumin and salt.

Cut the chicken into medium pieces and seal them in the same pot.

Add 800 grams of rice to the pot with the meats and mix well.

Measure water using a large cup, adding three cups of water for every cup of rice, totaling nine cups of water for 800 grams of rice.

Add fresh peas and small yellow potatoes to the pot.

Once the mixture starts to boil, cover and reduce heat to low for about 10 minutes.

Fry ripe plantain slices in warm oil until soft, then flatten them to make arepas.

Prepare a dough with flour, egg, and soda (or water) to wrap the plantain balls, adding a pinch of salt and sugar.

Fill the flattened plantain with cheese or just leave it as is, then shape into balls.

Fry the plantain balls in hot oil until golden brown.

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