Green Rice
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Brief Description
Healthy rice dish that also is really tasty!
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Main Ingredient
Rice
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Category: Rice
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 0 min(s)
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Cook Time: 0 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Posted By: mamakjking
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Posted On: Aug 19, 2012
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Ingredients:
- 2 whole - Fresh green poblano chiles
- 1 whole - Small green bell pepper
- 1 cups - Long-grain white rice
- 1 whole - Garlic clove Roughly chopped
- 1 bunches - Cilantro
- 1 bunches - Flat-leaf or Italian parsley
- 2 cups - Chicken stock Divided use
- 2 tablespoons - Vegetable oil
- 1 whole - Small onion Finely chopped
- - 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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