World Flavors Cookbook

Arroz Aguado

Nicaraguan soupy rice stew with chicken, vegetables, and achiote — essentially Nicaragua's chicken and rice porridge.

Cuisine: Nicaragua

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs
• 300g rice
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 potato, diced
• 1 tsp achiote paste
• 1.5L chicken broth
• Fresh cilantro
• Salt

Instructions

1. Brown chicken pieces. Remove.
2. Saute onion, garlic, pepper, and tomato.
3. Add achiote paste and stir.
4. Add broth, chicken, carrot, and potato.
5. Simmer 15 minutes. Add rice.
6. Cook 20 more minutes until rice is soft and soupy (not dry).
7. Add cilantro. Adjust salt.