Have you had Arroz con Pollo? Traditional Arroz con Pollo (chicken and rice) is popular throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It's delicious.
This easy arroz con pollo is a quick and easy one-pot variation using leftover cooked chicken that can be made in about 30 minutes. It's from Weight Watchers Simply the Best: 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes (affiliate link), a cookbook I've been turning to regularly since the late '90s. (It shows the old points along with complete nutritional information.)
Serving arroz con pollo
We had this Easy Arroz on Pollo for supper on Sunday using leftover rotisserie chicken from Costco. It was simple to make and very yummy.
Recipe Notes
I didn't have the can of tomatoes with green chiles called for, so I substituted salsa instead. It turned out flavorful but not spicy and the servings were generous.
Served with Caesar salad, this easy arroz con pollo made a satisfying meal. And there was plenty left for a quick and easy lunch Monday.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Mexican Chicken with Rice?
According to my calculations each serving has about 348 calories.
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WW Friendly Arroz con Pollo
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Weight Watchers Easy Arroz Con Pollo
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 cup long grain rice
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 can (10 ounces) tomatoes with green chiles (or substitute 1-¼ cups salsa like I did)
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 cups chopped cooked skinless chicken
- 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet set over medium heat. Add the rice, onion and garlic, and cook, stirring as needed, until the onion is softened and the rice is lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth, tomatoes, oregano, and cumin and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, stirring a couple of times, until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Add the chopped cooked chicken and peas and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is heated through, about 5 minutes.
- Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper and fluff the mixture with a fork before serving.
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Recipe Notes
*PersonalPoints® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
If you like this arroz con pollo you might also like:
- Easy Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole
- Crockpot Cheesy Chicken and Rice
- Rotisserie Chicken Wild Rice Salad
- Chicken Vegetable Rice Soup
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Nisha
How many cups are in each serving?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Nisha - 1/4th of the recipe is 9 WWPP. I'm not sure about the cups.
Mary
What's the sodium?
Carol
Very good - I used 2 Cups of Shredded Chicken, Chicken Bone Broth (low sodium) and I had salsa in the fridge at the bottom of the jug so used it all up (2 cups) added some extra bone broth at the end and it soaked it up right away - Unfortunately, my husband didn't like it because (news to me) he doesn't like salsa! Anyway - I really loved it! Thanks. I was needing a good recipe for the batch of shredded chicken I made this weekend.
Teri
This was soooo good! I added just a pinch more cumin since we love it in this house. My husband and mother-in-law loved it as well. So glad to have found your website. I get recipes from other sites and now I have another place to go to find more great WW recipes!
Teri
Forgot to add stars on the previous review.