Locrio

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.^[1]

Locrio

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

Origin

The locrio is possibly a Dominican adaptation of paella or jollof rice.^[2]

Types

Besides chicken, locrio is also commonly made of Dominican salami, guineafowl, rabbit, pork chops, arenque (dried herring),^[3] shellfish, or sardines (often called pica-pica).^[4]

See also

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