mexican green rice
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A friend of mine made this with a big mexican meal she made I really enjoyed it and have been making it since.I did tweak the recipe just a little from the original
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yield
4 -6
prep time
10 Min
cook time
30 Min
Ingredients For mexican green rice
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1/2 ctightly packed cilantro (about 1/2 oz.)
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1 ctightly packed fresh stemmed spinach leaves (about 1 1/2 oz.)
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1 1/4 clow sodium chicken stock
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1 1/4 cmilk
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1 tspsalt or salt substitute if you can't have
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1 Tbspolive oil
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3 Tbspunsalted butter
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1 1/2 clong grain rice or brown rice for healthier alternative
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1/4 cfinely minced onions
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1garlic clove ,minced
How To Make mexican green rice
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1Put the cilantro,spinach and chicken stock in a blender and blend until finely pureed.
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2Add the milk and salt and blend until everything is blended.
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3set aside.
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4In a 3 qt. saucepan with a tight fitting lid, heat the olive oil and butter.
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5When the butter is melted, add the rice and saute until it just begins to brown(about 3 mins.)
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6Add the onion and garlic and cook another minute,stirring often.
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7Add the contents of the blender,stir well, bring the mixture to a boil, then put the lid on and turn the heat to low.
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8Allow to cook at least 20 minutes. (if using brown rice you may have to cook a little longer)
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9stir the rice very carefully with a fork, then cover and let cook another 5 minutes.
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10Turn off the heat and let rice steam covered for about 10 minutes before serving
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