Creamy Rice with Nopalitos

Name: Creamy Rice with Nopalitos
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams poblano or Anaheim chiles (about; 355 milliliters uncooked basmati or other long-grain rice; 227 grams carton fat-free sour cream; 710 milliliters fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 170 grams 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese; 255 grams nopales (cactus paddles), trimmed (about; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 118 milliliters chopped onion; 113 grams diced pimiento, drained; 227 grams carton plain fat-free yogurt

Creamy Rice with Nopalitos is a gluten free recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 352 calories, 10g of protein, and 19g of fat. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up less-sodium chicken broth, garlic cloves, monterey jack cheese, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as an affordable side dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 37

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Place the nopales and chiles on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; bake at 375 for 20 minutes or until chiles are blackened and nopales are tender, turning nopales once.

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Cooking Spray

Nopales

Chili Pepper

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Place chiles in a zip-top plastic bag; seal.

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Chili Pepper

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Let stand 15 minutes. Peel chiles; cut in half lengthwise. Discard seeds and membranes; chop chiles to measure 1/2 cup. Chop nopales to measure 1 cup.

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Nopales

Chili Pepper

Seeds

Reduce oven temperature to 35

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While nopales and chiles cook, prepare the rice.

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Nopales

Chili Pepper

Rice

Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Add onion and garlic, and saut 5 minutes or until tender.

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Garlic

Onion

Add rice, and saut 2 minutes.

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Rice

Add broth, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Cool slightly.

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Broth

Add nopalitos (chopped nopales), chiles, yogurt, sour cream, and pimiento to rice mixture; stir until well-blended. Spoon mixture into an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle with cheese.

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Cooking Spray

Sour Cream