Arroz Mixto Colombiano (Colombian-Style Seafood, Chicken and Pork Rice)

This rice with seafood, chicken and pork is comforting hearty and filling. The perfect dish to serve in a dinner party.

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This dish is popular in the Atlantic region of Colombia, but I remember my aunt making this rice often growing up in Medellín. This arroz mixto recipe may appear overwhelming at first glance, but it’s actually quite easy to make once you get started.

This recipe is customizable with your favorite proteins (I used chicken, shrimp, clams, pork, ham and Colombian chorizo), rice, vegetables and spices. But you can customize this rice to your own taste.

Colombian Arroz Mixto Ingredients

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(Colombian-Style Seafood, Chicken and Pork Rice Recipe

Erica Dinho

5 from 9 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Main dish

Cuisine Colombian

Servings 8 servings

Calories 582 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 2 whole chicken breast bone in and skin removed
• 1 pound lean pork cut into pieces
• 2 scallions
• 1 white onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• ½ tablespoon ground cumin
• Salt and Pepper
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 ½ cups uncooked long grain rice
• 2 cups chicken stock
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 cup finely chopped white onion
• 5 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
• 1 red bell pepper diced
• 1 green bell pepper diced
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon achiote powder
• 3 Colombian chorizos cooked and sliced
• 2 cups of diced ham
• ½ cup of fresh cilantro finely chopped
• 1 ½ pounds of your favorite seafood: shrimp, fish, calamari, scallops, mussels, squid and/or clams
• ½ cup frozen diced carrots
• ½ cup frozen peas
• Salt and pepper to taste
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

 

• Place the chicken breast, pork, 6 cups water and the remaining ingredients for the stock in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce the heat to medium low. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes. Turn the heat off and let the chicken rest in the pot for about 15 minutes covered. Let it cool, shred the chicken and pork, and set aside.
• Heat the oil over medium heat in a saucepan, add the rice, stir until well coated and cook for about one minute stirring often. Add the broth and salt, bring to a boil until the broth is evaporated, reduce heat to low, cover and let simmer for about 15 minutes or until the rice is tender. Remove from the heat and set a side.
• Heat the remaining oil over medium heat in a large sauce pan, add the onions, red bell pepper, green pepper and garlic, stir often and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 7 minutes.
• Add the tomato paste, cumin, achiote powder, chorizo, ham, salt, pepper and half of the fresh cilantro. Cook for another 5 minutes, stirring often. Add the raw seafood, stir and cook for about 3 minutes.
• Add the cooked shredded chicken, pork, rice, peas and carrots, mix well and cook until the seafood is cooked, about 5 minutes.
• Add the remaining fresh cilantro, fresh parsley and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 582kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 54gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 122mgSodium: 1390mgPotassium: 852mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 2418IUVitamin C: 49mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 3mg

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What to serve with this Arroz Mixto:

Since this dish is filling and hearty, I would recommend serving it with anything light and fresh, such as: my favorite simple salad, watermelon limeade and a mango pie for dessert.

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It’s no secret that I love rice, so much so that I cook and eat rice everyday and can’t even begin to imagine serving a meal without a side of Arroz. But hey, I’m a Latina, what can I say?

In Colombia and Latin America, we eat rice at almost every meal, in soups, salads, warm savory dishes and in desserts. There are endless recipes using this grain. Growing up in Colombia, lunch and dinner always started with opening up the lid of the rice cooker to reveal a steaming pot of fresh white rice. Rice was always the center of the meal, and it's hard to put into words the comfort I find in a rice dish.

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Now, let's talk about the rice recipe I am sharing with you today, Colombian-Style Seafood, Chicken and Pork Rice. This is a delicious and popular dish around Colombia and some people consider it the Colombian version of Spanish Mixed Paella. A difference between Arroz Mixto and Paella Mixta is the type of rice used. Arroz Mixto uses long grain rice, whereas Paella uses short grain rice. There are a couple of other differences as well. The Paella color comes from saffron and the Arroz Mixto color comes from achiote. Cilantro and cumin will never be seen in Paella, but we add those popular Latin ingredients to Arroz Mixto

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This time I used shrimp, clams, pork, ham, chorizo and chicken for my rice, but feel free to use your favorite kind of seafood and meat mixture for your recipe. This is a wonderful one pot meal with fantastic flavors and textures, perfect to feed a crowd. I hope you enjoy making and eating my Arroz Mixto Colombiano as much as I do. Buen provecho!

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