Spanish Rice Recipe Welcome to Spanish rice recipe and our Tip of the day.This is our spanish rice recipe, yours and mine, so we can name it whatever we want. Lets see. How about white rice then mexican or spanish rice. Let's heat 3 tablespoons of oil over medium heat, your choice. Olive oil would be fine. Add 1 cup of long grain white rice, uncooked stirring often. When it starts to brown, add 2 cups of water or chicken broth, 1 teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil. Cover, simmer over low heat for about twenty minutes. Remember, this is a practice run, so we can check every 5 minutes or so. If we see our liquid absorbing too fast means fire is too hot. Turn down and add more water,not fast enough, turn fire up a little. What's important is the cooking time about 20 minutes.
If you see you have too much water. Trying going Spanish. Add some left over chicken, vegetables such as left over peas and carrots, etc, even try a few spices. Simmer another 5 minutes, we can call it pot luck rice, what ever you end up with, it will be good. A good start for whatever rice you wish to make. Play with it, have fun, after a time or two you will be a rice cooking expert guaranteed. One last comment in my search for Spanish rice recipes, I find a lot of recipes saying to wash your riceand let dry. Nothing wrong with that, if that is what you want to do. Between me and other Mexican restaurants, there are thousands of gallons of perfect spanish rice cooked everyday not washed. Here is a Spanish rice recipe fron Southern Food, that looks simple. Arroz con Pollo (Chicken and Rice) A traditional meal that is common throughout Spain.Easy to prepare, this delicious dish can serve a crowd. Have a recipe that you would like to share? Or just to say Hello.
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