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Green Rice

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Ingredients:

  1. 2 whole - Fresh green poblano chiles
  2. 1 whole - Small green bell pepper
  3. 1 cups - Long-grain white rice
  4. 1 whole - Garlic clove Roughly chopped
  5. 1 bunches - Cilantro
  6. 1 bunches - Flat-leaf or Italian parsley
  7. 2 cups - Chicken stock Divided use
  8. 2 tablespoons - Vegetable oil
  9. 1 whole - Small onion Finely chopped
  10. - Salt, to taste

Directions:

Dry roast chiles & green pepper in a griddle pan, turning them frequently so skins blacken but don't burn. Place them in a plastic bag, tie the top securely & set aside for 20 min.

Put the rice in a heatproof bowl, pour in boiling water to cover & let stand for 20 min.

Drain the rice, rinse well under cold water and drain again. Remove chiles and peppers from bag & peel off skins. Remove the stems, slit chile lengthwise and scrape out seeds.

Put roasted chiles and peppers in a blender w/ the garlic. Strip off leaves of the cilantro and parsley stalks & add to the blender, reserving some for garnish.

Pour in half the chicken stock & process until smooth. Pour in the rest of the chicken stock & process again until you get a puree.

Heat oil in a saucepan, add onion and rice and fry for 5 min over med. heat until the rice is golden and onion is translucent. Sir in the puree, lower the heat and cover; cook for 25-30 min or until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is just tender. Add salt and garnish w/ reserved leaves.


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