Brazilian rice

Brazilian rice

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Ingredients/Components

  • salt - 1 tsp
  • boiling water - 2 2
  • shortening - 3 Tbsp
  • tomato sauce - 1 chopped
  • onion, thinly sliced - 1 item
  • uncooked rice - 2 c

How to make brazilian rice:

Wash and pick rice very well (preferably using long grain rice). Melt shortening in a medium size skillet. Use oil, lard or margarine, but not butter. Fry the rice with onion, gently stirring with a wooden spoon, until the mixture has a swishing sound. This takes about 10 minutes over a low flame and is a very important factor in producing the dry final product which is one of the prime requistes of Brazilian Rice.

Add tomato; stir once or twice. Remove from heat and pour 2 cups of boiling water, which has been mixed with salt, over the fried rice. Care must be taken at this point because the mixture will splatter. Stir once or twice (no more). Return to heat and bring to a boil. When it boils, cover and reduce heat to very low. Cook 20 or 25 minutes, until all the water has evaporated. Taste 1 or 2 grains of the rice to see if they are cooked. If not, add the other 1/4 cup of boiling water. Do not stir.

When rice is done, remove from heat and uncover. Allow some of the steam to evaporate. Place in a serving dish or press into a warm mold; unmold on a platter. When the rice is properly made, each grain falls separately from the spoon. Makes approximately 6 cups.


Recipe categories: Brazilian, Side dish, South american.

Rating:
Brazilian rice
4.3
Average rating: 4.3 of 5, total votes: 3
Cook. Time: PT35M
Total Time: PT35M


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