the entire video is enchanting; it reminds me of my own family cooking a big dish, like stuffed cabbage, with everybody participating in some way but one person -- usually the matriarch aka abuela -- conducting the orchestra. in my culture, it's the Bubbie -- i'm the grandchild of immigrant Russian Jewish peasants -- but everything else is EXACTLY the same. i couldn't help but smile. :)
Hollis Evon Ramsey - wow, what an interesting background you have. Families in a kitchen is something we all share in common! Just a beautiful thing. I'm happy to have been able to share these moments with you. Thanks for watching!
This is where I got my recipe from. I can't explain how good it is, my family loves it!!! And when it's coming the neighbors knock on the door to ask "What is that? It's smells so Damn good"!!!! Thanks Sam and grandma
My mom always taught me to make sofrito from scratch it tastes better and it's much fresher and healthier than the high sodium/preservatives of the canned version. Regardless it looks great !
Adys Figueroa f Most Cubans I've met in my life have ancestry from the Canary Islands. You guys and us are like the same people :) Lots of similarities also in food, culture, accent/dialect, etc.
I miss my abuela's arroz con pollo. May she rest in peace. Gonna use this video as a guide to try and reproduce one of my favorite dishes she used to love making for us.
Hey Joe, May your Abuela rest in peace. I hope this recipe can bring you great memories and great flavors. Thanks for watching and I'd love to hear how your arroz con pollo turns out :)
This just reminded me of my aunt in so many ways. But mostly its the hands. They are exactly the same. And In can tell she can make heavenly cuban food.
I love your abuelita! I was born in Havana and I think her recipes are the best. I went through like 7 and this is the one I'm going to try. Same happened with her flan :) Thank you!
I love watching your videos, my boyfriend is Cuban and I’m Mexican so two very different culture plates. But your videos help me so much and he loves the food I’ve made him from your channel. I hope to see you guys cook more 💖
Muchas Gracious Abuela! I live in OK and don’t get much variety of foreign cuisine. I tried Cuban food while in Miami and got hooked on it. I read where Arroz con Pollo was Ricky Ricardo’s favorite food. I wanted to try it so I followed Abuela’s recipe in this video. It’s now my family favorite. We make it all the time. It’s the only dish that I make where the leftovers are wiped out. Thanks again!
soy cubano y cuando escucho ese acento tan cubano me trae maravillosos recuerdos de mi abuela en cuba cuando era nino en cuba y el olor tan maravilloso que salia de las cocinas cubanas que con respeto de otros cubanos aqui muy pocas veces mi olfato no lo ha sentido , las abuelas cubanas son las mejres del mundo
Yum yum. I grew up in South Florida and miss my arroz con pollo and fried plantanos. Thanks for the video and your Abuela seems cool. Cracked up at the taped finger.
I really LOVED seeing this and I particularly appreciated seeing 'tu abuela' making this wonderful dish because when I saw her, and heard you translating for her, I KNEW this was the REAL CUBAN DEAL! I will definitely try making this, but there's just one thing, and I'm sure I'll draw some fire for saying this, but I just MUST have the green olives in my Arroz con Pollo! Thanks to you and your grandma for this video gem! Go have some rum, you've earned it! And since grandma was wounded in action, a hug and extra rum for her! ;-)
SamazingTravels Hello, my family is from Canary Islands, Spain and we make this also. Actually we brought this to your island when we settled it long ago. We also brought ropa vieja, ajiaco (we call sancocho), gofio, mojo, carne con papa, flan/quesillo, and a whole bunch of other things. I was eating some of this today, that's what brought me here. This is one of my most favorite Spanish dishes. My mother makes it and puts in sofrito (fresh sofrito with onions included in it), chicken, rice, azafran, oregano, comino, bay leaf, chicken stock (chicken base or bouillon in water), white wine, fresh garlic, spanish paprika, pimentos, and peas. If we make paella instead of arroz con pollo, we add also white asparagus spears for garnish. We put a lemon wedge garnish on the plate too, for a nice finish. It's sooooo good. Ay dios mio
IslenoGutierrez it really is so delicious! And yes, Cuban food is definitely derived from typical Spanish dishes since the Spanish are who settled on the island :D I was in the Canary Islands last year and I felt pretty at home there! Not only was it beautiful, but I could relate to all the delicious food!
SamazingTravels Yes, there is definitely shared culture between Spain and Cuba as well as ancestry, especially from Canary Islanders. Many Spanish Canary Islanders settled Cuba and influenced the culture and local Spanish dialect greatly. I feel like Cubans are our cousins because many of them descend from us, have the same surnames, and share lots of culture and tradition. I also found out that Guajiro music of Cuba was born from Canarian music, and so is punto Guajiro which Canarians living in Cuba created and then brought to Canarias and we have it as a local music form known as punto Cubano. Also, the Canary Islanders were the driving force in the cigar industry, they were called Vegueros. We brought Cuba many things, but also Canarians that settled Cuba and returned (other Spaniards did this too and are known as "Indianos" to us) they brought black beans and rice, cigars, guayaberas and mambo to us from Cuba and now that's a part of our culture because of it. Such a cool connection we have. It's like a two way exchange between our islands. Also, if you listen to Cuban Spanish and Canarian Spanish, they sound somewhat similar. Canary Islanders immigrated by the thousands to the Spanish speaking Caribbean, mainly Cuba. So there is definitely shared culture, tradition, food, dialect, etc between Cubans and Spanish Canary Islanders. Lol, it was so cool to learn the Cubans use the same word as us for a bus, la guagua, LOL.
Lol yes! Guagua! I definitely felt this connection when I was in Tenerife last year. Its really great to see we share a common culture! Thanks for all the cool facts IslenoGutierrez :)
I just found your channel Sam, and it's awesomeness on video!!! Your Grandma is the best❤️🌞 I'm a Miami born woman, living near my daughter in upstate NY. The wonderful recipes take me back to good days I remember. I'm excited to experience cooking your sweet and savory delights with enthusiasm! Blessings to you and your family.
We are trying this recipe tonight! Had to make our own Sofrito because I couldn't find it. I'll update you on how it turned out. My wife & I love your Grandmother, she is so sweet.
me encantó tu abuelita con su collar, su corte de pelo y peinado, muy linda, Dios la bendiga! Me dio dolor ver que se cortó la pobrecita, y al final dice "ya estoy acostumbrada" Abuelita, gracias por enseñarnos a cocinar arroz con pollo! yo viví 20 años en Miami, FL. y extraño la comida cubana. Bendiciones!
Hi Sam. I recently have been interested in cooking so I started watching recipes on youtube. Today I was just thinking that I'm getting so bored watching those professional looking like chefs when I bumped into your cooking Cuban videos & i find them awesome: Excellent recipes, funny, authentic & they give a real feeling about Cuban cooking. Thank you for sharing those. It is kind of saving an important aspect of the Cuban culture so I hope I will find similar stuff for other cultures. Keep up the good work girl :)
Hisham Tadros Hey Hisham! So glad you like my cooking Cuban videos :) I am working on a few more to add to my page. I hope you can test out the recipes, they are really yummy! :)
I love watching your videos. It reminds me of my Grandma to watch you with yours. I learned how to cook from Grandma and my Father who is still in Florida. I currently live in Wyoming. Thank you for sharing your family moments with us. JQ
Instead of amiga I should have said novia. I made this tonight, and it was delicious ! The only change I made was that I browned the thighs before adding them to the sofrito. I like the fact that the chicken comes out really tender. When I used whole pieces, the meat was never soft enough for me. When I was dating my Cuban girlfriend, and when I picked her up for a date, her father would always say, "No vengas tarade."
I do agree you should do the sofrito from scratch the can stuff isn't the same. You should also brown the chicken first then add it to the pan to finish cooking it. But overall not a bad video.
I'm Cuban (Santa Clara)our rice is not watery like that its fluffy removable it has the consistency of Chinese rice. I can see you used the short grain which is more sticky Puerto Ricans cook with tht, we use long grain but That's the art of cooking everyone is different😉
I'm like Grandma. I pour liquid in can to use all I can after can't scrape no more. I don't like waste. I never thought of it in mixing raw. Nice. I wish I could make it like this, but I need to use pressure cooker. Maybe some day I buy the pot & try it this way. But I need only for 3 days, 3 people left overs for me, not 10. Is too much, though I could freeze half. I don't like that soupy way, but it does taste yummy I suppose.
The only thing that I prefer, and I don’t know where I learned it, is using frozen peas instead of canned peas. Frozen peas are bright green, sweet, tasty and not overcooked if you incorporate them towards the very end. Canned peas, well they are mushy, old looking and taste like crap lol (so do the canned asparagus). But a good jarred/canned fire roasted red bell peppers, I prefer to the freshly chopped, go figure.
Haha you called the hot pot a cauldron this time. It’s like you have a mental block haha it’s so funny-you mentioned this in another video. I say sauce pan. Thanks for the videos btw ! They’re great
Loved your video ! I used to have una amiga Cubana, so I love Cuban food. When I cook arroz con pollo, I add the rice to my sofrito and add enough liquid to just cover the rice - almost like the "one finger" method. How do I know how much rice to add when adding it to the liquid ? Some people say that if you have too much liquid, your rice will be too sticky.
It’s more like cooking with a feeling. We don’t ever use exact measurements as you can probably tell, lol! Usually there is never an excess of liquid though because after cooking the chicken, a lot evaporates and we almost always have to add some chicken broth as the rice cooks.
Beer is what most people use for arroz con pollo! It's also very tasty. My family uses the wine because it's not as watery and adds a bit more flavor (that's our opinion). Try it and let me know how it tastes :)
Of Cuban extraction, I was born in Tampa, raised among Cubans who always used diced green pepper, onion, & garlic in arroz con pollo. The World famous Columbia Restaurant of Tampa have also included them for over a century. They have published their recipe on their website, along with other authentic Spanish/Cuban recipes. .
I used to live in Tampa for 2 years, I loved it. I'm Spanish-American and there are quite a few Spanish-Americans there too, mainly in West Tampa living in the same area as the Cuban-Americans. I used to eat at the Columbia restaurant all the time. I know the owners, the Gonzmart family. I used to eat there regularly because I'm Spanish and they make Spanish food there. My family is from Canary Islands, Spain and we make both arroz con pollo and paella all the time. We also used diced onion, green pepper, and garlic too as the sofrito along with diced tomato. All fresh stuff.
Dabney Fountain Yes, I agree. When I lived in Tampa, I would go there often. I like Ybor City in general because it's a little gem and my people, the Spaniards are represented there. I wish I would have joined the Spanish club there (now they moved to west Tampa, but the original Spanish club building is still in Ybor, El Centro Español), but I'm happy to have interacted with Spanish-Americans and Cuban-Americans in Tampa often and enjoyed our shared heritage. It was a good experience for me.
I grew up in Tampa and remember El Centro Espanol well. Tampa was a great place to grow up,very cosmopolitan (the food, music, festivals, plays, revues) were spectacular and the yearly Florida State Fair was fabulous..included a world-class art museum, and Broadway musical revues! What a city!
Dabney Fountain I love Tampa. I'm from the New Orleans area of Louisiana, and there are a community of Spaniards here, just like in Tampa. Florida has lots of Spanish heritage and culture imbedded in it. The very first settlement in the US is in Florida, in St. Augustine and has Spanish descendants there and culture. There is Spanish heritage spread out throughout Florida. But I especially enjoyed Tampa the most. My people are represented well in Tampa. I was invited to join the Spanish club and the Cuban club (my family once lived in Cuba for a few years after leaving Spain, but left for the US). I hope one day to get back to Tampa for a visit.
i need a recipe for 10! if i prefer it a little less "a la chorrera," how can i prevent the rice from getting too watery? tips? thank you this was great im going to attempt this exact recipe
Mira, I love your voice, and the cook was off the chain, what ever happened to the pot with the boiling chicken broth, I missed on how you used that!??
+SamazingTravels hey!, thanks, looking back, I learned alot, and my friends loved the food I cooked, but for some reason I feel I lacked something. I know how Cuban food tastes, being from South Florida, but oh well, lobed your video, and maybe next time I'll do better, thanks!
It takes a few tries before you can get it exactly to your taste! Maybe you needed to add a bit more salt or seasonings. So glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching, Subscribe and check out theater recipes on my page :)
+SamazingTravels you're right, I think I didn't use enough Salt, I will try it again, plus the video was fun, you're sense of humor adds flavor :), hey, so i'am not aware of your page, where can I find it?
the entire video is enchanting; it reminds me of my own family cooking a big dish, like stuffed cabbage, with everybody participating in some way but one person -- usually the matriarch aka abuela -- conducting the orchestra. in my culture, it's the Bubbie -- i'm the grandchild of immigrant Russian Jewish peasants -- but everything else is EXACTLY the same. i couldn't help but smile. :)
Hollis Evon Ramsey - wow, what an interesting background you have. Families in a kitchen is something we all share in common! Just a beautiful thing. I'm happy to have been able to share these moments with you. Thanks for watching!
I grew up in Tampa and I love Cuban food.
+patteel - You know what's good!
+patteel Weh Pam Beesh has some good cuban food too. I miss it too.
I grew up in Cuba so I know what's good.
When you see a Cuban Abuela do her thing in the kitchen!!!:) Makes me happy I tell you! Thank you for sharing!
This is exactly identical to west African food. Jollof rice is probably this meals ancestor. Served with fried plantain too..
Looks brilliant :)
How cool! Its amazing the similarities in cuisine in totally different places in the world. Hence my love for food and travel!
Most Cubans originate from west African. I’m Cuban and my ancestors have deep ties from Yoruba.
This is where I got my recipe from. I can't explain how good it is, my family loves it!!! And when it's coming the neighbors knock on the door to ask "What is that? It's smells so Damn good"!!!! Thanks Sam and grandma
Natalie Annett That makes me so happy to hear!! Check out my "cooking cuban" section for other delicious cuban recipes from my grandma and I :)
I'm Cuban and this is probably the best Cuban dish.
I need this food in my life.
Grandma is awesome.
+murderdoggg Try the recipe! It's delicious :) Subscribe for more :)
Love the recipe and your grandma's hearty laugh! Tks!
Her laugh is my favorite! Thanks for watching and let us know how your recipes turn out!
My mom always taught me to make sofrito from scratch it tastes better and it's much fresher and healthier than the high sodium/preservatives of the canned version. Regardless it looks great !
My family makes sofrito from scratch too. We are from Canary Islands, Spain.
My mother and father are Cuban born but their parents are from the Canary Islands as well :)
Adys Figueroa f
Most Cubans I've met in my life have ancestry from the Canary Islands. You guys and us are like the same people :) Lots of similarities also in food, culture, accent/dialect, etc.
Yes very true!!!
Tito Torres my mother’s family is from the Canary Islands too, last name Barroso. I guess there are a lot of Cubans that Imigrated from there.
I love watching your grandma. it feels very close to home. 💖
I miss my abuela's arroz con pollo. May she rest in peace. Gonna use this video as a guide to try and reproduce one of my favorite dishes she used to love making for us.
Hey Joe, May your Abuela rest in peace. I hope this recipe can bring you great memories and great flavors. Thanks for watching and I'd love to hear how your arroz con pollo turns out :)
This just reminded me of my aunt in so many ways. But mostly its the hands. They are exactly the same. And In can tell she can make heavenly cuban food.
+David Prada The hands are where the magic happens :)
I love your abuelita! I was born in Havana and I think her recipes are the best. I went through like 7 and this is the one I'm going to try. Same happened with her flan :) Thank you!
How did your arroz con pollo turn out? Subscribe and share :)
I love watching your videos, my boyfriend is Cuban and I’m Mexican so two very different culture plates. But your videos help me so much and he loves the food I’ve made him from your channel. I hope to see you guys cook more 💖
That's amazing! We will soon!
This looks amazing and your Grandmama is precious!! I can't wait to try making this.... oh yum
Muchas Gracious Abuela! I live in OK and don’t get much variety of foreign cuisine. I tried Cuban food while in Miami and got hooked on it. I read where Arroz con Pollo was Ricky Ricardo’s favorite food. I wanted to try it so I followed Abuela’s recipe in this video. It’s now my family favorite. We make it all the time. It’s the only dish that I make where the leftovers are wiped out. Thanks again!
That's so cool to hear! So happy our families have united by way of Abuela's arroz con pollo :)
soy cubano y cuando escucho ese acento tan cubano me trae maravillosos recuerdos de mi abuela en cuba cuando era nino en cuba y el olor tan maravilloso que salia de las cocinas cubanas que con respeto de otros cubanos aqui muy pocas veces mi olfato no lo ha sentido , las abuelas cubanas son las mejres del mundo
Yum yum. I grew up in South Florida and miss my arroz con pollo and fried plantanos. Thanks for the video and your Abuela seems cool. Cracked up at the taped finger.
Haha. She is inventive!
Hopefully you make more videos with your grandma soon... papa rellena would be awesome!
laysa&r I'll add it to the list!
+laysa&r - Good call on that request!
I really LOVED seeing this and I particularly appreciated seeing 'tu abuela' making this wonderful dish because when I saw her, and heard you translating for her, I KNEW this was the REAL CUBAN DEAL! I will definitely try making this, but there's just one thing, and I'm sure I'll draw some fire for saying this, but I just MUST have the green olives in my Arroz con Pollo! Thanks to you and your grandma for this video gem! Go have some rum, you've earned it! And since grandma was wounded in action, a hug and extra rum for her! ;-)
Delicious!!! I'm going to try it. Thanks.
Best recipe ever, definetly I’m going to try it, looks delicious 😍😍😍😍
Thank you I’m enjoying all your recipes and you grandma she is so cute
Your Grandma, AWESOME! Nice. This Mex/Argt, with a Cuban lady, loves this!
***** glad you like it!! :)
I love Cuban food!
Mark Garcia Well it is delicious!!
SamazingTravels
Hello, my family is from Canary Islands, Spain and we make this also. Actually we brought this to your island when we settled it long ago. We also brought ropa vieja, ajiaco (we call sancocho), gofio, mojo, carne con papa, flan/quesillo, and a whole bunch of other things. I was eating some of this today, that's what brought me here. This is one of my most favorite Spanish dishes. My mother makes it and puts in sofrito (fresh sofrito with onions included in it), chicken, rice, azafran, oregano, comino, bay leaf, chicken stock (chicken base or bouillon in water), white wine, fresh garlic, spanish paprika, pimentos, and peas. If we make paella instead of arroz con pollo, we add also white asparagus spears for garnish. We put a lemon wedge garnish on the plate too, for a nice finish. It's sooooo good. Ay dios mio
IslenoGutierrez it really is so delicious! And yes, Cuban food is definitely derived from typical Spanish dishes since the Spanish are who settled on the island :D I was in the Canary Islands last year and I felt pretty at home there! Not only was it beautiful, but I could relate to all the delicious food!
SamazingTravels
Yes, there is definitely shared culture between Spain and Cuba as well as ancestry, especially from Canary Islanders. Many Spanish Canary Islanders settled Cuba and influenced the culture and local Spanish dialect greatly. I feel like Cubans are our cousins because many of them descend from us, have the same surnames, and share lots of culture and tradition.
I also found out that Guajiro music of Cuba was born from Canarian music, and so is punto Guajiro which Canarians living in Cuba created and then brought to Canarias and we have it as a local music form known as punto Cubano. Also, the Canary Islanders were the driving force in the cigar industry, they were called Vegueros. We brought Cuba many things, but also Canarians that settled Cuba and returned (other Spaniards did this too and are known as "Indianos" to us) they brought black beans and rice, cigars, guayaberas and mambo to us from Cuba and now that's a part of our culture because of it. Such a cool connection we have. It's like a two way exchange between our islands.
Also, if you listen to Cuban Spanish and Canarian Spanish, they sound somewhat similar. Canary Islanders immigrated by the thousands to the Spanish speaking Caribbean, mainly Cuba. So there is definitely shared culture, tradition, food, dialect, etc between Cubans and Spanish Canary Islanders. Lol, it was so cool to learn the Cubans use the same word as us for a bus, la guagua, LOL.
Lol yes! Guagua! I definitely felt this connection when I was in Tenerife last year. Its really great to see we share a common culture! Thanks for all the cool facts IslenoGutierrez :)
OMG that looks amazing. It makes me miss being back home in South Florida
Que Rico . Hoy voy a hacer arroz con pollo para el almuerzo ya se me Antonjo . Jeje que Rico cocina tu abuelita. Bendiciones
Como te quedo?!
Looks delicious!!! My 2nd great grandparents were from Santiago De Cuba...
Simplemente apetitoso
This looks delicious! Thanks for posting.
Wonderful video Sam.
It looks delicious, I'm sure your Grandmother loves to cook for your family and she is very skilled at it.
Thanks for sharing.
I made this tonight and omg!!! So so good!!
I can watch this so many times, your grandmother reminds me so much of my mom. :( Thanks for sharing! She's a great cook by the way.
havanachica71 Glad the video brings you good memories! Thanks for watching :)
I just found your channel Sam, and it's awesomeness on video!!!
Your Grandma is the best❤️🌞
I'm a Miami born woman, living near my daughter in upstate NY.
The wonderful recipes take me back to good days I remember.
I'm excited to experience cooking your sweet and savory delights with enthusiasm!
Blessings to you and your family.
Hey Pamela, so glad you came across my channel! Please let me know how the recipes turn out for you 😃
We are trying this recipe tonight! Had to make our own Sofrito because I couldn't find it. I'll update you on how it turned out. My wife & I love your Grandmother, she is so sweet.
txcode1 Glad you're trying out the recipe! How did it go?
OMG I love you Abuelita'a laugh!
Thanks for watching :) her laugh always makes me smile!
Que rico, linda su familia, bendiciones.
Arro' com Pollo is my fave!
me encantó tu abuelita con su collar, su corte de pelo y peinado, muy linda, Dios la bendiga! Me dio dolor ver que se cortó la pobrecita, y al final dice "ya estoy acostumbrada" Abuelita, gracias por enseñarnos a cocinar arroz con pollo! yo viví 20 años en Miami, FL. y extraño la comida cubana. Bendiciones!
Great recipe. :)
One of my all-time favorite Cuban dishes. Que rico! Pero lo prefiero con tostones.
I love tostones, too! Sometimes it just depends what I'm in the mood for!
Excellent presentation! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Grandma don't waste nothing and is so funny I love her! Lol
Jasmine Bolton - she sure doesn’t!
Omg that looks delicious, i love Arroz con pollo specially cuban stile can't wait to try this recipe
Hi Sam. I recently have been interested in cooking so I started watching recipes on youtube. Today I was just thinking that I'm getting so bored watching those professional looking like chefs when I bumped into your cooking Cuban videos & i find them awesome: Excellent recipes, funny, authentic & they give a real feeling about Cuban cooking. Thank you for sharing those. It is kind of saving an important aspect of the Cuban culture so I hope I will find similar stuff for other cultures. Keep up the good work girl :)
Hisham Tadros Hey Hisham! So glad you like my cooking Cuban videos :) I am working on a few more to add to my page. I hope you can test out the recipes, they are really yummy! :)
Such Amazingly Delicious rich in Flavor Cuban Dish... What a Beautiful and blessed family... Thank you for Sharing. Gracias Abuela 😄
Hola soy cubana me encanto ese arroz con pollo a la Cubanicima bien criollo y delicioso lo hare:)
This turned out just like the arroz con pollo I enjoyed in Miami. Thank you so very much!
James Paul - that's awesome to hear! There are a bunch of recipes for you to enjoy :) let me know how they turn out!
Just tried this tonight absolutely amazing so easy to do I had to make the sofrito myself but Google helped
Muchas Gracias abuela mi gusta
GREAT RECIPE 👍
I loved the video!!!...felt like I was right at home...everything so natural and super funny grandma!....really enjoyed it! :)
This looks absolutely delish...thanks for sharing.
Trying this tonight
Esto si es un arroz con pollo, así lo hace mi madre y así aprendí yo! Ese arroz con pollo estaría súper rico
Odyn Medini, si nos quedó riquísimo!
Jajaja, me encanta tu abuela😍 she's funny like mine
***** todas son tan cómicas, verdad?! :)
i did your grandmas recipe and it came out excellent! the family loved it! my new way of cooking my arros con pollo a la chorrera
That's fantastic to hear Rachel! Check out the other Cuban recipes and subscribe for new videos :)
Will do. Thank you.
Delicious 🥰 I love it
❤love this!!!
Me encanta tu abuela!
I love watching your videos. It reminds me of my Grandma to watch you with yours. I learned how to cook from Grandma and my Father who is still in Florida. I currently live in Wyoming. Thank you for sharing your family moments with us. JQ
Hey JQ, we're happy that you can relive those memories with us. Thanks for watching! New videos coming soon :)
This is my mother. God bless Cuba. I'm weeping. My mother left the bone on the chicken but whatever still delicious.
I love this video
Omg delicious! 😋yum yum yum and ouch with the finger cut she got!
Really cool grandma with a cool laugh. That looks incredible. Good video,well done.
VaRee' Batyah, let me know how it turns out when you try and cook the recipe!
cuban food yum!! AZUCAR!!!!!!!!
Puraaaa ven a pasarte unos dias aqui a la casa que andamos partios de hambre mi hija y yo....... Hoy tratare tu receta
Instead of amiga I should have said novia. I made this tonight, and it was delicious ! The only change I made was that I browned the thighs before adding them to the sofrito. I like the fact that the chicken comes out really tender. When I used whole pieces, the meat was never soft enough for me. When I was dating my Cuban girlfriend, and when I picked her up for a date, her father would always say, "No vengas tarade."
Barry Aston so glad this turned out yummy for you!
Omg! I want to try this!
+Blair When you do, let me know how it turns out!!!
I will!
Tengo que tratar esta receta!
love love love
Es muy delicisio
Thanks!
💕❤💕
I do agree you should do the sofrito from scratch the can stuff isn't the same. You should also brown the chicken first then add it to the pan to finish cooking it. But overall not a bad video.
I'm Cuban (Santa Clara)our rice is not watery like that its fluffy removable it has the consistency of Chinese rice. I can see you used the short grain which is more sticky Puerto Ricans cook with tht, we use long grain but That's the art of cooking everyone is different😉
Linda la señora muy buena receta querico como sn felices un abrazo
+Lupita Moldes Un abrazo!!!
Good video!!
Looks so delicious!!! Going to try to make it this weekend. Hopefully it comes out half as good as your grandmas:)
Great video! I'm making this tonight!
Biracial_bella How did it turn out?!
Biracial_bella you have to try arroz imperial
SamazingTravels It came out really good, thank you.
angelica simon what's rice imperial?
I'm like Grandma. I pour liquid in can to use all I can after can't scrape no more. I don't like waste. I never thought of it in mixing raw. Nice. I wish I could make it like this, but I need to use pressure cooker. Maybe some day I buy the pot & try it this way. But I need only for 3 days, 3 people left overs for me, not 10. Is too much, though I could freeze half. I don't like that soupy way, but it does taste yummy I suppose.
LOVE LIGHT BLESSINGS Thank You GranMa, Great Video
Sam,
This is by far my favorite. Making it again tonight. My recipe is slightly different, but just as tasty.
Much love to awela.
+FireTrailPCT i hope you enjoyed it!
SamazingTravels it was fantastic! So flavorful.
The only thing that I prefer, and I don’t know where I learned it, is using frozen peas instead of canned peas.
Frozen peas are bright green, sweet, tasty and not overcooked if you incorporate them towards the very end.
Canned peas, well they are mushy, old looking and taste like crap lol (so do the canned asparagus).
But a good jarred/canned fire roasted red bell peppers, I prefer to the freshly chopped, go figure.
Frozen peas work perfectly as well! They are frozen at peak freshness so I see your point :)
....i love you lol!!
USTEDES. Me encantan
Omg I love your grandma!!!! Lol que curita ni curita pasame el tape!!! Haha
+Alexander Torres
Abuela is hardcore, una dura sin pena!
Haha you called the hot pot a cauldron this time. It’s like you have a mental block haha it’s so funny-you mentioned this in another video. I say sauce pan. Thanks for the videos btw ! They’re great
Voodoo Child thank you for watching and commenting!
Thanks for sharing
Amazing !!!!!!!!!!
🇨🇺👍 viva!!!!!!
Great video.
Loved your video ! I used to have una amiga Cubana, so I love Cuban food. When I cook arroz con pollo, I add the rice to my sofrito and add enough liquid to just cover the rice - almost like the "one finger" method. How do I know how much rice to add when adding it to the liquid ? Some people say that if you have too much liquid, your rice will be too sticky.
It’s more like cooking with a feeling. We don’t ever use exact measurements as you can probably tell, lol! Usually there is never an excess of liquid though because after cooking the chicken, a lot evaporates and we almost always have to add some chicken broth as the rice cooks.
nice
my family calls it a la chorrera too!
Haha that's awesome! It's the most delicious way to make it :p
Delicious
No beer? I guess my grandpa had his own twist on arroz con pollo
Beer is what most people use for arroz con pollo! It's also very tasty. My family uses the wine because it's not as watery and adds a bit more flavor (that's our opinion). Try it and let me know how it tastes :)
Of Cuban extraction, I was born in Tampa, raised among Cubans who always used diced green pepper, onion, & garlic in arroz con pollo. The World famous Columbia Restaurant of Tampa have also included them for over a century. They have published their recipe on their website, along with other authentic Spanish/Cuban recipes. .
I used to live in Tampa for 2 years, I loved it. I'm Spanish-American and there are quite a few Spanish-Americans there too, mainly in West Tampa living in the same area as the Cuban-Americans. I used to eat at the Columbia restaurant all the time. I know the owners, the Gonzmart family. I used to eat there regularly because I'm Spanish and they make Spanish food there. My family is from Canary Islands, Spain and we make both arroz con pollo and paella all the time. We also used diced onion, green pepper, and garlic too as the sofrito along with diced tomato. All fresh stuff.
IslenoGutierrez The Columbia restaurant is
a Tampa landmark still and should be on everyone's bucket list.
Dabney Fountain
Yes, I agree. When I lived in Tampa, I would go there often. I like Ybor City in general because it's a little gem and my people, the Spaniards are represented there. I wish I would have joined the Spanish club there (now they moved to west Tampa, but the original Spanish club building is still in Ybor, El Centro Español), but I'm happy to have interacted with Spanish-Americans and Cuban-Americans in Tampa often and enjoyed our shared heritage. It was a good experience for me.
I grew up in Tampa and remember El Centro Espanol well. Tampa was a great place to grow up,very cosmopolitan (the food, music, festivals, plays, revues) were spectacular and the yearly Florida State Fair was fabulous..included a world-class art museum,
and Broadway musical revues! What a city!
Dabney Fountain
I love Tampa. I'm from the New Orleans area of Louisiana, and there are a community of Spaniards here, just like in Tampa. Florida has lots of Spanish heritage and culture imbedded in it. The very first settlement in the US is in Florida, in St. Augustine and has Spanish descendants there and culture. There is Spanish heritage spread out throughout Florida. But I especially enjoyed Tampa the most. My people are represented well in Tampa. I was invited to join the Spanish club and the Cuban club (my family once lived in Cuba for a few years after leaving Spain, but left for the US). I hope one day to get back to Tampa for a visit.
Involved, but looks delicious!!!
It really is! Try the recipe and let me know how it turns out :D
i need a recipe for 10! if i prefer it a little less "a la chorrera," how can i prevent the rice from getting too watery? tips? thank you this was great im going to attempt this exact recipe
juicy rice, arroz meloso
just add some rabbit, leave the chicken on th bone and basically enjoy a paella ;-)
just btw, abuelita is awesome ;-)
Mira, I love your voice, and the cook was off the chain, what ever happened to the pot with the boiling chicken broth, I missed on how you used that!??
+Orson M The chicken broth was added to the larger pot with the chicken and the rice to help it all cook!
+SamazingTravels hey!, thanks, looking back, I learned alot, and my friends loved the food I cooked, but for some reason I feel I lacked something. I know how Cuban food tastes, being from South Florida, but oh well, lobed your video, and maybe next time I'll do better, thanks!
It takes a few tries before you can get it exactly to your taste! Maybe you needed to add a bit more salt or seasonings. So glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching, Subscribe and check out theater recipes on my page :)
+SamazingTravels you're right, I think I didn't use enough Salt, I will try it again, plus the video was fun, you're sense of humor adds flavor :), hey, so i'am not aware of your page, where can I find it?
czcams.com/users/SamazingTravels