We have a picky family. My husband is Puerto Rican and nothing is ever spicy enough for him. My 8-year-old is really picky, everything is either too salty, too spicy, too creamy, too gross... My 3-year-old thinks ketchup, ranch dressing, and cheese are main course meals. Well, this recipe blew them all away. My husband was commenting on how good it was 5 hours after dinner, my 8-year-old packed some for school lunch today, and my 3-year-old ate everything on his plate without any threats at all. I made only a few changes: 1 tbsp minced garlic 1/2 green bell pepper 1/4 onion 1 can of sweet corn 1 can of stewed tomatoes (14 oz) 2.5 cups of water to 1 cup of rice (per other reviewers) I added to taste: ketchup Tapatio sauce chili powder ground cumin salt pepper I served with shredded Mexican cheese and Tostitos. Awesome recipe! I threw in a lot of spices, I hope I can duplicate the results again.

Reviewed On: Feb. 18, 2009

These cookies are fantastic. I've tried 3 different recipes this week and these had the best consistency. As I mixed the ingredients, not once did the dough turn dry as other reviewers mentioned. It was perfectly smooth. I refrigerated the dough for two hours as a previous reviewer recommended and made smaller cookies (24 instead of 18). Then baked at 325 degrees for 15 minutes. Any shorter and they would have been undercooked. These came out chewy on the bottom and the sides, and soft on the top. Perfect!

Reviewed On: May 18, 2007

Great base recipe. My husband is Puerto Rican AND does most of the cooking. He LOVES spicy food and I'm rarely able to get it up to par. I sauteed the chicken in garlic and yellow onions. I added salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, and a bit of chicken broth. I poured the chicken juices into the rice mixture. I used a few more ounces of cream of chicken soup, and added more milk during stirring when the rice seemed to dry up. Also, because I cooked the chicken before baking, the baking time was only 45 minutes. The rice was perfectly done. During the last 5 minutes, I added garlic flavored bread crumbs and shredded cheddar and monterey jack cheese to the top. It was awesome. My husband only had to add a bit of tabasco sauce and declared it perfect.

Reviewed On: Nov. 14, 2006