Wagoners’ Rice

Name: Wagoners’ Rice (Arroz Carreteiro)
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 lb 4 oz (1 kg) of any cooked meat left over from the barbecue; 9 oz (250 g) rice; 1 brown onion, diced; 1 carrot, diced; 4 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 red pepper (capsicum), diced; 1 yellow pepper (capsicum), diced; 1 yellow pepper (capsicum), diced; 9 fl oz (250 ml) tomato ketchup (sauce); 2 bunches asparagus spears, sliced; 2 tablespoons chopped Italian (flat-leaf) parsley; 2 tablespoons chopped scallions (spring onions); 2 tablespoons chopped scallions (spring onions); 35 fl oz (1 litre) water; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Arroz Carreteiro

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Braza

By Andre Felicio

Published 2016

About

This is a very traditional recipe from the south of Brazil. It used to be made with dried salty meat, at the end of the 19th century, and that is why it became popular to use the cooked meat from the barbecue from the day before, when the meat is actually dry and salty.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 lb 4 oz (1

Americas
Brazil
Main course

Method

Heat the oil in a large pot (big enough to hold all of the ingredients) over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, carrot and peppers and sauté.

Add the thinly sliced meat left over from the barbecue and cook for about 5 minutes. Then add the tomato ketchup, asparagus, 1 tablespoon of parsley and 1 tablespoon of the scallions. Mix and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Add the water, m