Simple & Delicious: Arroz con Pollo

As always, the What is dedicated to presenting you with colorful ideas for everyday life. Many of our ideas are food-related, because we love food. Learning how to cook for yourself now that you no longer have your mom or your meal plan to provide your meals can seem like a daunting task. We at the What are here to show you that cooking can be fun, easy, and rewarding by offering up recipes like this from our personal cookbooks. As is the case with most of our recipe-based ideas, this one is simple and delicious, just like us.

Arroz con Pollo

Arroz con pollo (rice with chicken) is one of my favorite dishes. Growing up with Puerto Rican neighbors, block parties would often have this delicious staple. Over the years I have had many, many variations of this Latin American meal and this particular style is one of my favorites. As is the case with many meals I prepare, this is the result of a little bit of research and a lot of experimentation in the kitchen.

Chicken Fajita Burritos

This surefire crowd-pleaser was conceived after a visit to Chipotle Mexican Grill. Whoever the genius was that sat down and said "Hmm, what's better than burritos and fajitas? Oh yeah, fajita burritos!" is A-OK in my book. For the record, you should probably wash this down with something that has tequila in it. Tequila is probably the only thing that could make this masterpiece any better, but then again tequila makes everything better. Enough about tequila, on to the cooking!

Ingredients

Chicken Breast Cutlets

Mesquite Seasoning

Paprika

Cilantro

Garlic Powder

Lemon Pepper

Red Bell Pepper

Onion

Tomato

EVOO

Taco Sauce

1 Can of Corn

1 Cup of Rice

Lettuce

Mexican Blend Cheese

TODAY'S SECRET INGREDIENT IS: 3 Limes

Directions

1. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Stir in the rice. Squeeze in the juice of one lime and sprinkle in some cilantro, paprika and Mesquite seasoning. Stir, cover, reduce heat and let that simmer.

2. Slice the onion and pepper and dice the tomato.

3. Sautee the chicken in the EVOO. Liberally season the chicken with the Mesquite Seasoning, paprika and cilantro. Toss a bit of garlic powder and lemon pepper on there as well. Squeeze the juice of one lime over the chicken while satueeing.

4. Once the chicken is done, set it aside and sautee the onion and pepper in the same pan. Add some more lime juice, seasoning, and cilantro. See the pattern?

5. Somewhere around here you should heat up the corn.

6. Once all of that is done, set the table with tortillas and the food you've prepared.

7. Pile it on a tortilla with taco sauce, lettuce, cheese, and tomatoes, and you're good to go!