My Chicken Fricassee: Puerto Rican Culture

MY DADDY’S RECIPE
Chicken Fricassee is a popular dish made in the Puerto Rican culture. With this dish, we cook red beans and rice on the side, making it a complete full course meal. The number of spices in this dish I guarantee will leave every taste bud in your mouth satisfied with every bite. As a Child, my father would make me chicken fricassee when I was sick. Not only does is make the perfect dish, but it’s also “the miracle soup”, gets the job done every time by curing my cold or whatever bug had got into our home. There are many ways this dish is made, but my daddy’s recipe is by far the best!
My daddy has always cooked his chicken fricassee for me up until three years ago when he finally allowed me to be in the kitchen with him while he explained everything from preparing the meat to test tasting for that perfect flavor. Excited to finally learn how to make my favorite meal I
I put all veggies, chicken, olive oil, seasoning, garlic glove, 2 cups of water, few pieces of cilantro and can of tomato sauce into a big pot, mixing everything together giving it that beautiful color of red before bringing to a boil. Once boiling, let cook on high for another five minutes before turning the stove down too medium/low. As my house starts to smell of fresh spices my mind begins to fill with all the memories of me and my daddy in the kitchen from when I was a child! After about thirty minutes of the fricassee cooking, the potatoes should begin to become soft, this is an easy way to determine how close your fricassee is to being done. Once the potatoes are soft, I can move on to the rice and beans. For the rice, I will need a medium pan, the white rice, and 4 cups of water. Set the stove on medium/high and Pour both rice and water into the pot at same adding a dash of salt and pepper. Once the rice comes to a boil, turn on the stove on low and let cook until rice is soft. Do not stir. This will cause the rice to become