Never Cook Rice and Chicken Separately Again

You have a pot of white rice on one burner and chicken in a pan on the other, and at the end the chicken goes on top of the rice and it is fine. A Dominican grandmother does two things differently. The rice cooks IN the chicken, in its own guiso, so every grain is seasoned from the inside. And she never cleans the bottom of the pot, because that golden crust is the concón, and everybody fights for it. I'm Rosa. I cooked for twenty-four years in a Dominican kitchen in Washington Heights, and before that my mother ran a comedor in San Francisco de Macorís. This is locrio de pollo, the one-pot version of rice and chicken. The method, so you can keep it: • 3 lb bone-in chicken in small presas. Season 1 hour or overnight: juice of 1 sour orange or 2 limes, 3 cloves garlic, 1 tsp oregano, 2 tbsp sofrito, salt, pepper. Pat dry. • 2 tbsp oil in the caldero. Brown the chicken, lid on, 10 minutes to make its own juice. • ½ onion, ½ bell pepper, 1 tbsp tomato paste fried 2 minutes, olives and capers if you use them, a little cilantro • About 4½ cups water or stock for 3 cups of long-grain rice, counting the juice already in the pot • Bring it to a boil and TASTE THE WATER: a little saltier than you'd want to drink • Rinse the rice, add it, stir once. Boil uncovered until the water drops below the rice and the little eyes show. • Stir once, bottom to top. Lid on tight (foil under it if it doesn't seal), low heat, 20 minutes. Don't lift the lid. • 5 more minutes a touch higher for more concón. It should smell toasty, not bitter. • Rest 5 minutes, fluff, serve, then scrape up the concón and put it on the table by itself • Feeds 6. About 1 hour, one pot. Leftover rice goes in the refrigerator within a couple of hours, and reheat it until it steams. Did your family call it locrio or arroz con pollo? And who in your house fights for the concón? Tell me where your family is from in the DR. I read every comment. Next video: the sazón, and why I have not bought a packet of it in twenty years.