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Reading · B1

El arroz con pollo de mi tía

B1244 wordsrecipe inside a family storyLa Habana and Matanzas, CubaListen · coming soon

A nursing student in Matanzas remembers the Sunday lunches at her aunt Odalys’s house in Havana. To surprise her room-mate on her birthday, she phones her aunt for the famous chicken and rice recipe, which is given in the aunt’s own words, with all her tips. The dish turns out exactly like her aunt’s, and she plans to cook it for her aunt in December.

, domingos comíamos Odalys, Habana, . Matanzas . Dayana, , sorprenderla , llamé . , palabras: «Mira, mi’ja, facilito. pedazos adoba , , comino. Déjalo . fríe doradito. frías , . Sácalo , , : , ají picaditos. , echa , cucharadita bijol quede amarillito. usan tazas : . destapes : . sirvas, ponle chícharos tiras ají ». preparé . Dayana muchachas probaron, minutos: comían. Quedó igualito . Habana, llegue, ¡ cocino !

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Words to know

  • mi’ja (mi hija)my dear (affectionate, to a younger woman)
  • adobarto marinate
  • coger sabor (CU)to take on flavour
  • la cazuelawide cooking pot
  • el sofritofried base of onion, pepper and garlic
  • el ají (CU)sweet (bell) pepper — elsewhere often a chilli
  • el bijol (CU)yellow food colouring made from annatto
  • los chícharos (CU, MX)peas
  • destaparto take the lid off
  • quedar igualitoto turn out exactly the same