https://vo.rs/tags/latin-american/Latest from the Latin American desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:30:00 +0000https://vo.rs/story/arroz-con-pollo-with-sofrito-and-peas/<p>There are as many arroz con pollo recipes as there are grandmothers in the Spanish-speaking world, and every one of them is correct. It travelled from Spain with the <em>paella</em> tradition, then settled across the Caribbean and Latin America, picking up local habits at each stop — achiote in Puerto Rico, beer in Colombia, capers and olives wherever the Spanish pantry followed. What holds all the versions together is a browned chicken, a patiently built sofrito, and rice that finishes in the same pot, drinking up everything that came before it.</p>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:30:00 +0000