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ARROZ )CON (POLLO. (Rice with chicken)
This is one of the first dishes offered
to foreigners on arriving in Havana and
it is invariably relished.
A decade or so ago there was a
famous restaurant at the Chorrera, at
the end of Vedado, on the Almendares
river · where, in a picturesque setting,
in the shadow of the old fort, Rice and
Chicken was cool1:.ed to perfection. One
could go for a row on th'e river while
the rice was being prepared.
The " M adama,, who kept the place
retired eventually with a round fortune.
Behold the recipe:
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1 plump, tender chicken
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1 lb. best Valencia rice
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- 4 good sized tomatoes or ·
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can
1 green sweet pepper
1 onion, • 2kernel garlic
1
pin ch Spanish saffro
bay leaf,
2
cloves ,
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pepper to
taste
l tablespoonful good lard
2
tablespoonfuls olive oil
winegla ssful Sherry
1
small can Spanish pimentos
1,4
can e xtra fi.ne peti ts pois
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can artichokes.
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