Chicken Soup with Rice

Name: Chicken Soup with Rice (Sopón de Pollo con Arroz)
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 1 cup water; ¼ cup short-grain rice; 5 teaspoons salt; 2½ quarts (10 cups) water; 2 onions, peeled and halved; 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice; 1½ pounds of diced yautías or potatoes, peeled and washed; 1½ pounds of large pumpkin pieces, peeled and washed; 3 pounds dressed-weight whole chicken, washed and drained; 1½ pounds of diced yautías or potatoes, peeled and washed

Sopón de Pollo con Arroz

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

¼ cup short-grain rice
1 cup water

Americas
Gluten-free
Caribbean
Soup
Puerto Rico

Method

Wash rice. Soak in water included in A.
Meanwhile, in a large kettle, combine ingredients included in B and bring rapidly to a boil. Add ingredients included in C and bring rapidly to a boil again. Reduce heat to moderate, cover and boil for 1 hour. Remove chicken and pumpkin pieces. Mash pumpkin and add to kettle.
D