Green Mexican Rice
- 250 ml Chicken stock
- 125 ml Water
- 250 ml Uncooked rice (long grain rice such as indica rice)
- 1/4 small Onion
- 1 clove Garlic (finely chopped)
- 6 to 8 stalks worth Fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves
- 3 thin stalks Green onion (optional)
- 1/2 Jalapeno pepper (leave out if you don't like spicy food)
- 1/3 tsp Salt
- 1 dash Pepper
- 2 tsp Olive oil
- 1 Lemon wedges
- Wash the rice, soak in water for about 20 minutes, and drain into a sieve.
- Finely chop all the vegetables.Take the seeds out of the jalapeno pepper, and chop it finely.
- Heat up the olive oil in a thick-bottomed pan.
- Saute the vegetables from Step 2 until softened.
- Add the rice, and saute until it turns a bit translucent.
- Add the chicken stock and water to the pan.
- Turn the heat up to high and bring to a boil while stirring with a wooden spatula.
- Cover the pan with a lid, turn the heat down to low and cook for 15 minutes.
- Turn the heat off and leave to steam for 10 minutes.
- Mix the rice up well.
- Arrange on serving plates alongside the main dish.
- (Serve with lemon wedges on the side if you like.)
- Variation no.
- 1: Mexican-Style Sauteed Chicken Thighs (see.
- This goes so well with this green rice.
- I highly recommend it.
- For your reference: If you have a lot of coriander left over, immerse the stem ends in a bowl filled with water and cut them with scissors under water.
- Immediately put the coriander in a cup of water.
- (continued) Cover the coriander with a plastic bag and store in the refrigerator; and this way it will stay fresh for about a week.
- (Be sure the leaves don't get wet.)
chicken, water, rice, onion, clove garlic, coriander, thin stalks green onion, pepper, salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon wedges
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/158435-green-mexican-rice (may not work)