Baked Rice with Chicken and Chorizo

Arroz de forno is a classic dish in any carioca’s kitchen - there is always rice ready in the fridge, and we find many different recipes in which to use it. In Rio, most cooks prepare this dish with pre-cooked rice, but I prefer to use uncooked rice, for two reasons: first, it’s less time-consuming; second, the aroma of cooked rice is fresher and the grain is even more fluffy, fragrant and moist. This dish is extremely flexible, and you can opt to use other kinds of meat or vegetable