Mexican
Caldo de Pollo (Chicken Broth with Rice and Vegetables)
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Caldo de Pollo (Chicken Broth with Rice and Vegetables) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the soup and the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Place the chicken thighs, onion, and garlic in a large pot with the water and bring to a boil, skimming any foam.
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Reduce to a simmer, add the chicken bouillon powder, and cook 25 minutes until the chicken is tender.
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Add the chayote, carrot, and rice, and simmer 15 minutes more until the vegetables and rice are cooked through.
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Stir in the zucchini for the final 5 minutes.
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Ladle into bowls and finish with cilantro, a squeeze of lime, and salsa at the table. This is the convalescent food and the Sunday-after food.
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Serve it with
A Mexican lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Caldo de Pollo (Chicken Broth with Rice and Vegetables), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Caldo de Pollo (Chicken Broth with Rice and Vegetables) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 320 kcal
- Protein
- 21 g
- Carbs
- 31 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 500 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Caldo de Pollo (Chicken Broth with Rice and Vegetables) takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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