Arroz con Pollo

Description
This recipe is delicious. Recently I fixed a Panamanian dinner for close friends here in Colorado with arroz con pollo, plantain, stuffed chayote, mango salad and a coffee dessert. It was a big hit! Note: saffron is expensive and sometimes hard to find. I buy packaged saffron rice and substitute half that kind with regular plain white rice, and it gives it a wonderful flavor.

Ingredients

 * about a cup of Crisco
 * 2 bay leaves
 * 15 oz tomato paste
 * 4 cups cooked rice
 * 1 bunch parsley (chopped)
 * 1 tsp saffron
 * 2 tsp onion Powder
 * salt and pepper to taste
 * 4 cloves garlic (chopped)
 * Green olives
 * Water

Directions

 * 1) Brown chicken in crisco.
 * 2) Then add tomato sauce, parsley, onion powder, garlic, bay leaves, saffron, salt and pepper.
 * 3) Simmer until chicken is tender..
 * 4) Remove chicken and add rice.
 * 5) Cook on medium high until liquid is absorbed.
 * 6) Then cover tightly and steam until rice is done.
 * 7) Arrange chicken around the sides (or remove chicken from bones and add to rice) parsley may also be used to decorate.