Ingredients

1 whole pound of rice
1 whole chicken of about 3-4 lbs ( or 3-4 lbs of chicken breast)
1 can of sweet peppers
1 onion
3 Tbs. of butter or oil (canola or maize)
1 jar of olives
1 jar of capers (watch out they are salty)
4 tomatoes
2 mashed garlic
1 can of tomato paste
4 big bell peppers
1 can of green peas and carrots
4 cups of water seasoned with salt

Directions

Panamenian Rice and Chicken:


1. clean the chicken and cut it in pieces (if whole); stir fry in hot butter or oil, add up ur favorite chicken seasoning plus the garlic, water until it covers it all, and the tomato paste.

2. if u used a whole chicken take the pieces out of the sauce, and make it boneless, then cut it in medium sized bites;slice in juliannes the sweet peppers.

3. prepare the rice in the same sauce you cooked the chicken; lower the flame and let it soften, add up all the ingredients: sweet peppers, chicken, the peas and carrots, capers, olives. on the plate decorate with fresh parsley and olives or any other of the ingredients you liked most.