Chorizo And Shrimp Rice
- 2 1/4 cups long- or medium-grain brown rice (for rice cooker: 3 rice cooker cups)
- 6 ounces uncooked spicy Italian pork sausage or 3 ounces Spanish-style cured chorizo
- 10 ounces small shrimp, shelled and deveined (19 to 20 shrimp)
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 tablespoon canola oil or vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
- pinch of saffron
- 1 cup clam juice
- 3 1/2 cups kelp stock or low-sodium vegetable stock
- 1 cup fresh or frozen green peas
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
- Rinse and soak the rice.
- Drain the rice and let it stand in a fine-mesh sieve for 20 minutes to dry.
- Place the spicy Italian pork sausage, whole, in a pot of boiling water for 3 minutes (you dont need to pre-cook the Spanish-style cured chorizo), then drain and set aside.
- Cut the shrimp diagonally into halves crosswise.
- Cut the garlic into thin slices.
- Heat the canola oil in a skillet over medium-low heat.
- When the oil is hot, add the onion and cook for 2 minutes or until transparent.
- Increase the heat to medium, add the garlic and saffron and cook for 20 seconds.
- Add the shrimp and cook just until the shrimp turns white.
- Place the drained rice, clam juice and stock in a medium pot.
- Level the surface of the rice and evenly scatter the onion and shrimp mixture on top of the rice, then follow with the whole chorizo, green peas and salt.
- Do not stir the rice.
- Cover the pot with a lid and cook the rice as instructed.
- After the rice is cooked, carefully remove the lid and transfer the whole chorizo or sausage to a cutting board.
- Cut the chorizo or sausage into 1/2-inch dice.
- Scatter the chorizo or sausage pieces on top of the rice along with the sliced ginger.
- Do not stir the rice at this time.
- Immediately cover the pot and let the rice stand for 10 minutes.
- Remove the lid and gently fold the rice and ingredients together with a spatula.
- Divide the rice into small bowls and serve.
brown rice, italian pork sausage, shrimp, garlic, canola oil, yellow onion, saffron, clam juice, kelp stock, salt, ginger
Taken from www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/chorizo-and-shrimp-rice-recipe/ (may not work)