Mexican Green Rice(Vegetarian)

Submitted by Sharon123

"Use the leftovers, if there are any, for filling summer vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers, and squash. Add a little crumbled queso fresco or feta to the top and bake. Adapted from Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 12

ingredients

• 2 cups vegetable stock (or water)
• 1 celery rib, finely chopped
• 1⁄2 white onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley leaves, large stems removed
• 1 tablespoon fresh oregano (or 1/2 tsp. dried)
• 5 tablespoons fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped
• salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup long grain brown rice (or white rice)
• 3 anaheim green chilies, roasted (or New Mexican chiles)
• 5 mint leaves, chopped

directions

1. Simmer the stock with the celery, onion, garlic, parsley, oregano, and 2 tbls. of the cilantro until the celery is tender, about 5 minutes. Puree in a blender or food processor and return it to the pan. Season to taste with salt.
2. Heat the oil in a 2 quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the rice and cook, stirring constantly, for a few minutes, until clear and pale gold. Add the warm stock and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat for 20-25 minutes(if using white rice, let cook 15 minutes). Let stand for 5-10 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, peel, seed, and chop the chiles. Add them to the pan along with the remaining cilantro and the mint. Gently fluff them into the rice with a fork.
4. Variation with Peas:.
5. Add 1 cup fresh or frozen peas while the rice is standing. The heat of the rice should cook the peas.

Reviews

[Outta Here]

Really tasty! Loved the addition of the roasted pepper and mint. Will be making this again.

 

[Karen Elizabeth]

Very much enjoyed, Sharon! I used white rice, and forgot about the mint, but otherwise stuck to recipe. Easily prepared, we enjoyed this with a mild curry, for a pleasantly spicy dinner. I didn't use the peas, incidentally, but may well do that another time.<br/>Thank you, a good change from regular steamed rice! Made for PRMR tag game.

 

[littlemafia]

I used corn instead of peas as a variation and had to add the chilies separately,so my kids could enjoy it too.I used fresh herbs and what a delight this dish was!

 

[Leslie]

What a delicious recipe! I did use up some leftover veggies and threw in some corn as well. We loved this, the flavour was incredible. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe Sharon!

 

[Enjolinfam]

This is going to be my new Mexican Rice recipe! Even my picky DD loved it! DH called it incredible. :) The only thing I changed was to add a little garlic salt at the end. My family ate this with homemade beans, corn, avocado, and some corn tortillas. Thanks Sharon!