Guam Red Rice Recipe
Yield: 6 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
4 slice: Bacon, cut into small pieces
2 cup: Rice, uncooked
1 medium: Onion, chopped
1 tsp: Salt,
2 cup: Water, divided
1/2 cup: Peas, frozen
2 tbsp: Achiote seeds,
Directions:
This is a Guam national dish that is rather mild.
Saute bacon and onion about 5 minutes, drain off fat and set aside.
Add 1/2 cup water to achiote seeds to color the water, about 10 to 15
minutes.
Strain the seeds from the water and pour the red water into a
saucepan; discard the seeds. Add remaining water, rice, salt, bacon
and onion. Bring to a boil, cover and turn heat down to a simmer;
cook 20 to 25 minutes. When rice is almost cooked, stir in frozen
peas. Serve warm.
Source: Peter Cruz Benavente, Oregonian Food Day Nov 1994
Submitted By DOROTHY FLATMAN On 11-28-95
Source from luhu.jp
Saute bacon and onion about 5 minutes, drain off fat and set aside.
Add 1/2 cup water to achiote seeds to color the water, about 10 to 15
minutes.
Strain the seeds from the water and pour the red water into a
saucepan; discard the seeds. Add remaining water, rice, salt, bacon
and onion. Bring to a boil, cover and turn heat down to a simmer;
cook 20 to 25 minutes. When rice is almost cooked, stir in frozen
peas. Serve warm.
Source: Peter Cruz Benavente, Oregonian Food Day Nov 1994
Submitted By DOROTHY FLATMAN On 11-28-95
Source from luhu.jp