{"id":44429,"date":"2024-08-05T03:16:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T03:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familiakitchen.com\/?p=44429"},"modified":"2025-08-15T17:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:13:50","slug":"michelles-puerto-rican-arroz-con-pollo-battle-of-arroz-con-pollos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familiakitchen.com\/es\/michelles-puerto-rican-arroz-con-pollo-battle-of-arroz-con-pollos\/","title":{"rendered":"Arroz con Pollo puertorrique\u00f1o de Michelle: \u00a1Batalla de Arroz con Pollos!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arroz con pollo is one of <\/em>THE defining dishes of Latino cuisine. While they have a lot in common, the recipes for this staple dish can vary a lot. (For example, typically Cubans add beer, Puerto Ricans use achiote oil, Dominicans add soy sauce to their versions). That got us wondering. Which Latino locale do YOU think makes the best arroz con pollo?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"arroz<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So, we asked 3 of our favorite Latina cooks: Patty Morrell-Ruiz of The Mad Table<\/a><\/strong> (Cuban), Belqui Ortiz-Millili of Belqui\u2019s Twist<\/a><\/strong> (Dominican), and Michelle Ezratty Murphy of Bowl & Apron<\/a><\/strong> (Puerto Rican family heritage) to have a chicken-and-rice food fight. Here\u2019s how it works: Each cook is making her famous arroz con pollo and show us how it\u2019s done, step by step, on video. Check out all three and then vote here for your favorite! The winner will be the newly crowned champion of our first-ever Familia Kitchen Battle of the Arroz con Pollos<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competing for Puerto Rico: Michelle\u2019s Family Arroz con Pollo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Defending the honor of Puerto Rico\u2019s rice and chicken is Michelle Ezratty Murphy, who grew up in San Juan Puerto Rico and married a Puerto Rican, Pat. Michelle, who runs her Bowl & Apron cooking Instagram channel, loves to cook her husband’s family Boricua recipes, including this one which she learned form Pat\u2019s Titi Rosa. Check out her recipe and her step-by-step video and you will see why this is one of her family\u2019s all-time favorite meals ever<\/em>, Michelle tells Familia Kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What makes Puerto Rican arroz con pollo different from other Latino versions?<\/strong>
Michelle: <\/strong>Puerto Rican arroz con pollo is distinctively different from the Cuban and Dominican dishes because we use achiote oil for a beautiful deep amber-colored rice and of course sofrito<\/a> for that taste that leaves you saying \u201cI need to know what the secret ingredient is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Who taught you to make this traditional Puerto Rican dish?<\/strong>
Michelle:<\/strong> The first time that I had my hands on making arroz con pollo, was at my husband\u2019s Titi Rosa\u2019s house. Before we were married, we would pop in to her house almost daily to say hello to the family, and if we were lucky, she had arroz con pollo in a huge pot ready to serve all the family who came to gather all times of the day. While I never cooked with her in this early years, I always watched Titi\u2026and after we were married and I began to cook at home, I started to ask questions and write down the process. There was never a recipe, more a pinch of this and a cup of that. Later, I finally wrote the recipe down, incorporated a few of my own twists, and that is how I came up with Titi\u2019s award-winning arroz con pollo recipe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Why do you think your version is the best and should win Familia Kitchen\u2019s Battle of the Arroz con Pollos?<\/strong>
Michelle: <\/strong>People should vote for my Puerto Rican recipe because it\u2019s simple, delicious, layered with real Puerto Rican kitchen flavors and honestly, my dish is made with more love than arroz con pollo can handle! From the crispy salted pork, to the freshly made sofrito and everything in between, but most of all it\u2019s Titi\u2019s legacy and love made in every batch. It brings the memories of the kitchen, the family and the beautiful times we all had together\u2026so every dish that I serve, has that essence stirred right in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out Michelle\u2019s recipe below and watch her make her arroz con pollo step by step! Compare it to Belqui’s Dominican arroz con pollo (called locrio) here<\/span><\/a> and Patty\u2019s Cuban arroz con pollo recipe here<\/a><\/span>. Then click here to VOTE<\/a> for the No. 1 winner in our Battle of the Arroz con Pollos<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will You Vote for Michelle\u2019s Boricua Arroz con Pollo as the Winner?<\/h2>\n\n\n
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\"Michelle\u2019s\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t \n\t \t\n \n <\/svg>\n\t Print<\/span>\n\t <\/a>\n\t <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t

Michelle\u2019s Puerto Rican Arroz con Pollo: Battle of Arroz con Pollos!<\/h2>\n\n
\n \t\t \t\t\tRecipe by Michelle Ezratty Murphy<\/span>\n \t\t\n
\n\t\t\t\t