Instant Pot Arroz con Pollo – Chicken & Rice

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Authentic tasting Arroz con Pollo (chicken and rice) using an instant pot and rotisserie chicken. Recipe below.

Arroz Con Pollo a la Instant Pot

Broth Ingredients:
1-2 rotisserie chickens (skin, bones and carcasses only for broth)
1/2 onion (no need to chop further)
3-6 cloves garlic
3-4 bay leaves
1-2 tbs annato seeds
5-10 whole peppercorns
2tbs oregano
Small piece Tumeric or 1/2 tbs powder (optional)
Any veggies you want to clear from fridge (carrots, broccoli stems, celery, cucumbers, bell peppers, etc)
Oil of choice

Arroz con pollo ingredients:
4c chicken broth (ideally from above recipe)
4c rinsed rice (should run clear or rinse/drain 3x)
2tbs Sofrito (can substitute 1tb paprika + 1tb tomato paste + 2 cloves garlic)
2tbs recaito (can substitute small bunch of culantro + cilantro + garlic)
1/4-1c peas
1-3tbs capers
1 red bell pepper (chopped)
1/2 onion (diced)
10-20 olives (chopped)
Salt to taste
Dark meat of 1-2 rotisserie chickens (chopped to desired size)
Breast meat of 1-2 rotisserie chickens (chopped to desired size)

Process:
Prep Chicken-
I dont use a knife, just my hands to clean the chicken(s).
Start by removing skin and wings from chicken, put aside with drippings and gelatin from bag for broth.
Remove all desirable dark meat from legs and back and reserve seperately. (chop to desired size)
Remove breasts and reserve separate from dark meat. (chop to desired size)

Annato Oil-
2-3tbs oil of choice
2-3tbs annato oil
Saute on normal heat for 3-5min

Broth-
Make annato oil above
Turn saute to hot.
Add half onion (whole or large/rough chopped) to annato oil.
Add veggies (optional), garlic, peppercorns, bay leaves, oregano, tumeric(optional), and chicken carcasses/bones/drippings/skin to pot
Add enough water to barely cover.
Set to high pressure cook for at least 45min
Once finished remove all solids and strain so there is only liquid.
You can reduce further on saute setting or in instant pot (optional).
You will need to have 4 cups of this broth for the arroz con pollo

Arroz con Pollo –
Set your instapot to high saute
Add 3-5tbs of oil of choice
Add diced 1/2 onion and a few pinches of salt to sweat
Add sofrito and recatio and let it sit 20+ seconds to get a little fried. Mix and continue to fry until it starts to get very fragrant
Add oil if you dont have enough to coat the bottom of pot
Turn saute to medium
Add rice and fry it in pot by scraping bottom, waiting 15-20seconds and repeating for a few min.
Stir in capers, oilves, red bell pepper, dark chicken meat.
Pour in broth and scrape sides of pot so rice is in the pot not stuck on sides above broth line.
Do not stir the rice but pat down to even out
Seal lid, turn off saute (cancel) and put on rice setting
Allow pressure to release naturally. Approximately 5-15min after it finishes.
Remove contents from pot and stir in white meat
Salt to taste