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Locrio

Course	Main dishes
Place of origin	Dominican Republic
Main ingredients	chicken, salami, guineafowl (etc), rice

A locrio is a rice dish from the Dominican Republic. Similar to pilaf, jollof, and paella, it consists of seasoned rice with some kind of meat, such as chicken, Dominican salami or pork.

Origin

The locrio is possibly a Dominican adaptation of paella or jollof rice.

Types

Besides chicken, locrio is also commonly made of Dominican salami, guineafowl, rabbit, pork chops, arenque (dried herring), shellfish, or sardines (often called pica-pica).

See also

• Arroz junto, rice cooked with beans and meat in one pot
• Arroz con gandules, rice with pigeon peas, salami, and pork
• Arroz con maiz, rice with corn and sausage
• Arroz con pollo, rice with chicken

References

1. Real Academia Española (2001). Diccionario de la lengua española, 22a edición. Espasa Calpe. ISBN 8467000600.
2. Aunt Clara's Kitchen (26 December 2005). "Locrio de Pollo". Retrieved 2014-03-18.
3. "Locrio de Arenque". cocinadominicana.com. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
4. "Locrio de Pica-Pica (Dominican Rice and Spicy Sardines) recipe". dominicancooking.com. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-18.

• Dominican Republic cuisine
• Sausage dishes
• Pork dishes
• Chicken and rice dishes