Arroz Verde
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Serves: 4-6
 
Arroz verde is typically made with regular white rice. For my dish I have used Basmati rice as I prefer the flavor with the cilantro. When making the rice, do not disturb once it is covered. Serve with a wedge of lime.
Ingredients
  • 3 cups of uncooked rice
  • 2 medium onions diced
  • 3 large bunches of cilantro washed and with stems cut from the bottom
  • 6 garlic cloves peeled (dice 3 cloves for the pot)
  • 1 cup of peas
  • 3 teaspoons of cumin
  • 5 tablespoons of olive oil plus more
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Liquify cilantro, 1 of the diced onions and 3 garlic cloves in one cup of water
  2. Sautee remaining onion in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until translucent in a medium sized stock pot
  3. Add remaining garlic and whisk until soft over medium to low heat
  4. Whisk in cumin
  5. Add rice and stir around for 2 minutes
  6. Add 4¼ cups of water and liquified cilantro mixture and bring to a boil
  7. Cover, lower heat and cook for 10 minutes
  8. Add peas on top of rice without disturbing and cook for another 10 minutes covered
  9. Turn heat off and let rice sit covered for another 10 minutes
  10. Fluff rice and mix peas in while making sure green color covers all of rice
  11. Add salt and pepper to taste and remaining olive oil (add more olive oil if needed to overcome any dryness~rice should be a bit shiny)
Recipe by Kitchen to Nirvana at https://kitchentonirvana.com/2013/02/05/arroz-verde/