DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
Arroz a la Valenciana
Nicaraguan chicken-and-rice with vegetables, hot dogs and tomato seasoning.
About Arroz a la Valenciana
Ana’s Nicaraguan arroz a la valenciana is the chicken-and-rice dish she remembers from childhood celebrations. This named version includes carrots, green pepper, tomatoes, sweet peas and hot dogs alongside the chicken.
Butter enriches the onion and vegetable mixture. Worcestershire sauce and ketchup season the rice, with salt, pepper and a listed chicken bouillon cube completing the published flavour profile.
The cooked rice combines with cubed chicken and sausage pieces, carrying the vegetables throughout the dish. Its mixed presentation makes a substantial rice plate in the author’s party-food account.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Product-dependent or unconfirmed: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Arroz a la Valenciana
Ana’s Nicaraguan celebration arroz a la valenciana.
- Chicken breastsProtein
- CarrotsBase
- ButterCooking medium
- Yellow onionAromatic
- Green bell pepperBase
- White riceBase
- Worcestershire sauceSeasoning
- Canned diced tomatoesBase
- Tomato ketchupSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Hot dogsProtein
- Canned sweet peasBase
- Chicken bouillon cubeSeasoning
- Reserved chicken cooking brothLiquidIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chicken breasts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Carrots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Yellow onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- White rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Worcestershire sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish unconfirmed. Named sauce exact brand/formula unprovided; anchovy-bearing Fish genuinely product-dependent.
- Canned diced tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader tomato candidate; canned diced product unknown.
- Tomato ketchup: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source explicitly salsa de tomate(ketchup), full formula unknown.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact pepper kind unspecified.
- Hot dogs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source salchichas/hotdogs; meat species/cure/binders/formula unknown.
- Canned sweet peas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader green-pea candidate; canned product formula unknown.
- Chicken bouillon cube: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. List44/64 names cube but full method omits explicit incorporation; product formula unknown.
- Reserved chicken cooking broth: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual own chicken cooking broth46–47 reused for rice; broth liquid/initial full formula not supplied. No invented separate water row.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Nicaragua
- NicaraguaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Nicaraguan Cuisine
- Nicaraguan Traditional CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.