Mexican Green Rice

Name: Mexican Green Rice
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 355 milliliters long grain white rice; 532 milliliters chicken stock (or more depending on your rice*); 237 milliliters roughly chopped parsley, lightly packed; 118 milliliters roughly chopped cilantro, lightly packed; 2 larges poblano chiles, seeded and roughly chopped; 2 Tbsps chopped onion; 1 garlic clove, peeled, roughly chopped; 1 serving Salt to taste

Mexican Green Rice is a gluten free, dairy free, and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe with 6 servings. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 280 calories, 6g of protein, and 9g of fat. It works well as a side dish. If you have extra virgin olive oil, parsley, cilantro, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. This recipe is typical of Mexican cuisine. Users who liked this recipe also liked Mexican Green Rice, Green Mexican Rice with Corn, and Mexican Green Rice Pilaf.

Instructions

Purée parsley, cilantro, chiles, onion, garlic, 1/2 cup of stock:

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Cilantro

Parsley

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Onion

Stock

Place the parsley, cilantro, poblanos, onion, garlic, and 1/2 cup of the chicken stock in a food processor. Pulse until smooth.

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Chicken Stock

Cilantro

Poblano Pepper

Parsley

Garlic

Onion

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Food Processor

Heat the oil in a thick-bottomed pot on high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Pot

Add the rice and stir to coat all of the grains with oil.

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Grains

Rice

Cooking Oil

Spread out in an even layer.

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Spread

Let the rice lightly brown. When it starts to brown, stir it and spread it out in an even layer again so that more of the rice browns.

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Spread

Rice

Stir parsley cilantro mixture into rice: When much of the rice has lightly browned, scrape out the parsley purée from the food processor into the rice. Stir to evenly mix the purée with the rice.

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Cilantro

Parsley

Rice

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Food Processor

Let cook for a minute or two.

Add the rest of the chicken stock to the pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a low simmer and cover the pot.

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Chicken Stock

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Pot

Let cook on a very low simmer for 15 minutes, or as long as your package of rice indicates is the right cooking time for your rice.

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Rice

Remove from heat, cover with towel and lid, let sit: After the cooking time indicated on your rice package, remove the pot from heat. Uncover the pot and place a clean terry towel or dish towel over the pot, then re-cover.

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Rice

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Kitchen Towels

Pot

The towel will help absorb excess liquid as the rice continues to cook in its own steam. (If you don't have a clean towel, you can skip this step, just cover normally.)

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Rice

Let sit for 20 minutes.

Fluff the rice with a fork and serve.

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Rice

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Pot

Kitchen Towels

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Servings:

3Tbsps

extra virgin olive oil 355milliliters

long grain white rice 532milliliters

chicken stock (or more depending on your rice*)237milliliters

roughly chopped parsley, lightly packed 118milliliters

roughly chopped cilantro, lightly packed 2larges

poblano chiles, seeded and roughly chopped 2Tbsps

chopped onion 1

garlic clove, peeled, roughly chopped 1serving

Salt to taste

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Mexican works really well with Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. You could try Buena Vista Chateau Buena Vista Pinot Noir. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 39 dollars per bottle.