Arroz Valenciana Recipe or Chicken Valenciana, is a typical Latin American dish their version is called Arroz a la Valenciana for Spain and Arroz Valenciana in Portugal the Pinoy version is called Arroz Valenciana.
Arroz Valenciana is fondly dubbed as Poor Man’s PAELLA, since arroz a la paella has more lavish ingredients compared with Valenciana. The major differences between the two is, the manner of preparation and special ingredients. That is all to it. The Valenciana is basically stove-top cooking whereas, paella is more of baking. The latter uses wine for a flavorful Spanish rice dish and a lot of seafood ingredients.

Arroz Valenciana is great for Christmas, Fiestas, weddings, birthdays, and family get-together, you can also find this dish in many karinderia or turo-turo stores in the Philippines. It’s a complete meal, a one-dish meal of meat and shrimp, rice and vegetables, it’s healthy, too.

Ingredients:

2 cups steamed white rice
2 tbsp oil
1 kilo chicken wings and thigh
8 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp annato powder
1 large onion, sliced
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 red bell pepper, sliced
3 pcs dried bayleaf
1/4 teaspoon peppercorns
1 medium carrots
3 small potatoes
parsley or onion leaves

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic, onions, and tomatoes in margerine, oil and annato powder.
2. Add the chicken.
3. Simmer for 3 minutes.
4. Add the bell pepper and carrots and potatoes.
5. Boil more till the sauce thickens.
6. Season with soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce and pepper to taste.
7. On the same pan, saute garlic and annato oil with rice. Add some sauce from the valenciana.
8. Arrange the rice on a rectangular pan and top with valenciana.
9. Enjoy!

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