Riz au Djon-Djon

Name: Riz au Djon-Djon
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Americas
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon chopped chives; ½ teaspoon thyme; 1 medium green bell pepper, seeded and chopped; 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; A generous pinch of ground cloves; 1 teaspoon parsley, chopped; 1 oz. unsalted butter; 1 oz. salt pork, cut into ¼-inch dice; 4 oz. cooked salt codfish shredded, or 4 oz. cooked shrimp, coarsely chopped; 4 oz. cooked, coarsely chopped corned pork, or 4 oz. coarsely chopped boiled ham; 2 cups long-grain rice; Salt, freshly ground pepper; 1 oz. dried mushrooms; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Book of Caribbean Cooking

By Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz

Published 1973

About

Ingredients

1 oz. dried mushrooms
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1

Americas
Side dish
Gluten-free
Caribbean

Method

Soak the mushrooms as in the recipe for Riz au Djon-Djon. Heat the oil and butter in a heavy saucepan and sauté the pieces of salt pork until they are crisp and brown. Add the garlic, bell pepper, chives, parsley, thyme, cloves, salt and pepper to taste, corned pork and codfish, and sauté lightly for a minute or two.

Add the rice, and stir for 2 or 3 m