Cuban Imperial Rice

First, wash and cook the chicken breasts over an up heat, until it will be well cooked in a litter of water, add the tablet of chicken stock, 1 ½ tablespoon of fried tomato, 2 bay leaves, a pinch of cumin, ½ onions, a garlic clove minced, and salt to taste.

When the chicken breasts get ready, we remove the chicken and reserve the broth. Then, shred the chicken using a fork. Then, we mix in a saucepan with 1 chopped onion, a garlic clove, minced, 1 ½ tablespoon of tomato puree, and oil.

We use the broth of the chicken breasts for cooking the rice, according to the measure of your rice cooker; it will be the quantity of water you should add.

We tell you this, because there are many types of rice cooker, so we guarantee your taste. Prepare a lightly fried onion with oil, garlic, and the packet “Sazon” seasoning packet or Goya with Saffron, put the rice, and then add water, and cook it.

For cooking the shrimps you can do it in two different ways, the first one is putting them in a pot with water boiling during some minutes, and set it aside, before they get so tender.

The other alternative is the one we love the most, first clean it and after that saute with oil and garlic during 3 minutes, to guarantee its adequate texture.

On the other hand, we chop well the fresh jam into diced and fry up a little in a saucepan with a little oil and reserve.

Then, when we have all these preparations ready, it’s time to mix all the ingredients.

In the mold selected, let’s put some coatings, but first let’s put in the bottom of the mold a few Mayonnaise, not too much, just in order to get a little spread.

The first coating is for adding the rice; we straighten it well in order to be a standard as possible.

The second coating is part of the chicken shred, just a few fresh jam and shrimps. Above we add Mayonnaise and a few grated cheese.

Then we add other coating of rice, and we go back with the procedure, chicken shred, few fresh jam, shrimps, mayonnaise and a few gratedcheese.

Up to the end of all the ingredients, or according to the mold, the last coating should be mayonnaise and a few gratedcheese, to taste.

Bake it to 400 F degrees, it depends of the oven you use, the time varies for 5 or 10 minutes, you will know that it is ready when you see the gratedcheese completely melted in the surface.