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Catalan-style rice with meat

Catalan-style rice with meat

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A Catalan rice dish cooked in an earthenware pot with chicken, rabbit, pork belly, artichoke hearts, and green peas, seasoned with saffron and cooked in 1…

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Recipe from Loquetudigas, Xavier Dengra, Slastic (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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“Arroz a la cassola,” or mountain rice, is a traditional Catalan dish that varies slightly depending on the season. It is cooked in a small earthenware pot.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting5 min
  • Total1 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$10.90 $2.73 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Gluten-free
  • Low lactose

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.93
  • $3.52
  • $1.35
  • $0.28
  • $0.69
  • $0.29
  • $3.16
  • $0.16
  • $0.48
  • $0.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Heat a generous amount of oil in a ceramic dish and add the chicken, rabbit, and pork in bite-sized pieces. Set aside.
  2. In the same pan, finely chop the onion. Once it has softened, add the very finely chopped pepper, followed by the grated tomatoes, with a pinch of sugar to reduce the acidity.
  3. Add the chopped globe artichoke and rice, then stir. ≈ 4 min
  4. Pour the in the boiling water with the pre-cooked green peas, and cook over high heat for a few minutes, then reduce the heat and continue to cook.
  5. In a mortar, grind the garlic and saffron, then mix with a little water and pour into the ramekin. ≈ 4 min
  6. Season with salt and pepper, then bring to a boil. The dish will be ready in about 16 minutes.

The bill

Catalan-style rice with meat

  • 320 g of rice$0.93
  • 200 g of rabbit$3.52
  • 100 g of pork belly$1.35
  • 150 g of fresh green peas$0.28
  • 2 tomatoes$0.69
  • 2 onions$0.29
  • 1 bell pepper$3.16
  • 3 cloves of Allium sativum (garlic)$0.16
  • 4 tablespoons of olive oil$0.48
  • 1 tablespoon of salt$0.04

Total$10.90

that's $2.73 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 320 g of rice
  • 400 g of chicken
  • 200 g of rabbit
  • 100 g of pork belly
  • 150 g of fresh green peas
  • 2 globe artichokes
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 2 onions
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 3 cloves of Allium sativum (garlic)
  • A pinch of saffron
  • 4 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon of salt
  • A pinch of black pepper
  • A pinch of sugar
  • approximately 800 ml of boiling water

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