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so this is my own recipe. haha is it wierd to be a vegitarian and still cook meat dishes for the fam? well this one came about when i was home one weekend and all the sibs were starving and i noticed that we hadnt done groceries yet. oh no!! i was broke so i searched the freezer and found a pack of chicken cuttlets and. i went to the cabinets and found bag of rice( we're always stocked) and a can of tomato past. unfortunetely we were all out of bean and seasonings and there was a little bit( like a shot) of oil left.
so i looked in the fridge again and took out a stick of butter, the jar of minced garlic that i keep stashed, the salt and the sofrito.
i also took out the last tomato, red onion and green peper that i keep for my salads.
so i now had my ingrfedients. time to start.
i washed out 5 cups of rice in my colador and put it in a pot along with 7 cups of water. i added a tbl spoon of salt and a quarter stick of butter.( ussually its supposed to be corn oil but well like i said i was out) i let that boil on it own while i started the chicken.
i had about 4 thick cutlets . i took out my cutting board and cut half them so that i had 8 thin slices of chiken. i rinsed them in a bowl and set them aside while i diced half my tomato, red onion and green pepper.
i took out my large frying pan and let it heat up before i added the remainder of my butter and the last of my oil along with half a cup of water. i added 3 tbl spoons of garlic and 2 spoons of sofrito. wen it began to simmer i added 2 spoons of tomato paste.
beause the juices in the pan are seasoned no additional seasoning is needed on the chicken. so i dump the chicken into the pan and cover it with foil.
i check on the rice and by now all the water had dried so i lower the flame and stir the rice and cover it to let it finish cooking.
after about 10 minutes i check the chicken again and it smell great. the sauce had thickened and the chicken is almost done. i add a sot of tequilla to give it a kick and add the tomato, onion and pepper. i stir and cut up the chicken a lil more with my spatula. i cover it again.
after another 10 minutes my rice is ready and the chicken looks beautiful. i called on my sis to flavor check it for me. i get a huge thumbs up. the sause had thicked more once some of the added veggis had desolves and it had a festive look. the tequilla had partially burned away and gave it a savory taste.
and wahla there u have white rice with chicken in a tequilla sauce. enjoy.
lol i ended up making the tequilla chicken in a side pan for myself just substituting the chicken for a meatless chik pattie that i slicked. tasted deliscious ::D
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