Chicken with Rice

Ingredients

• 1 chicken
• caldo (broth, unskinned of fat)
• parsley
• rice
• manteca (lard)

Instructions

1. Truss and lard the chicken.
2. Place it in a large pot and cover completely with unskinned caldo (broth).
3. Add a little parsley and simmer gently for one hour.
4. Strain the caldo and skim off the fat.
5. Once the broth is boiling, add the well-washed rice and simmer over low heat for about thirty minutes.
6. The rice should remain firm and separate.
7. Just before serving, stir in a little manteca (lard) and bring to the table.