Guam Red Rice

PamLuvs2Cook's Note:

Being a military family we get the pleasure of meeting people from all over the world. My girlfriend who lives in Guam gave me this recipe. So that I don't misplace it I'm putting it into my cookbook for later use.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 tablespoons achiote seeds
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• ½ cup chopped onion
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups rice

Directions:

1. Soak achiote seeds in 1/2 cup warm water for 30 minutes. Add salt. Using a spoon press the achiote seeds to get color. Strain liquid into a pot big enough to hold all the ingredients, bring to a boil.
2. Saute onions in oil.
3. Add rinsed rice to the boiling achiote colored water. Reduce heat to medium-high for five minutes or until water evaporates. Reduce heat to low, coer pot and cook for 15 more minutes.

Reviews

[angie t]

For the fancier version of this, you can add peas and bacon.

[Kathy!!]

This is exactly how I make red rice except I haven't tried it with onions. Sounds good. Just a note for others living on the "mainland"- achiote seeds can often be found in the hispanic section of a good grocery store.