Salvadoran · serves 6 · about 35 minutes
El Salvador's golden table rice — toasted, then steamed with fine vegetables. The quiet half of the casamiento, and the bed under every guiso in the house.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Iberia Parboiled Rice 5 lbs
- 1 carrot, fine dice
- 1/4 cup green beans or peas, chopped
- 1/2 onion, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp Iberia Sazon without Annatto - 36 ct 6.34 oz
- 2 tbsp Iberia Baby Eels In Olive Oil 4 oz
- 3.5 cups water
Method
- Toast the rice in the oil until pale gold and nutty-smelling.
- Add the onion, garlic, and vegetables with the Sazon; cook 2 minutes.
- Add water and salt; boil until level with the rice.
- Cover, lower, steam 18-20 minutes; rest 5.
- Fluff and serve — under, beside, or folded into the beans as casamiento tomorrow.