Basic Stewed Rice

Name: Basic Stewed Rice (Arroz Guisado Básico)
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 3 sweet chili peppers, seeded, ground or finely chopped; 1 green pepper, seeded, ground or finely chopped; 3 tablespoons lard or vegetable oil; 3 tablespoons lard or vegetable oil; 2 ounces lean cured ham, washed and diced; 1 ounce salt pork, washed and diced; Basic ingredient (such as: cooked or canned shrimps, cuttlefish, Vienna sausages, beans, corn, etc.); 2¼ cups rice, thoroughly washed and drained; Basic ingredient (such as: cooked or canned shrimps, cuttlefish, Vienna sausages, beans, corn, etc.); Basic ingredient (such as: cooked or canned shrimps, cuttlefish, Vienna sausages, beans, corn, etc.); Basic ingredient (such as: cooked or canned shrimps, cuttlefish, Vienna sausages, beans, corn, etc.); Basic ingredient (such as: cooked or canned shrimps, cuttlefish, Vienna sausages, beans, corn, etc.); 2 teaspoons salt (amount varies according to basic ingredients used in preparing the stewed rice); Basic ingredient (such as: cooked or canned shrimps, cuttlefish, Vienna sausages, beans, corn, etc.); 2 teaspoons capers; 2 teaspoons salt (amount varies according to basic ingredients used in preparing the stewed rice); 6 olives, stuffed with pimientos; 6 olives, stuffed with pimientos; 1 onion, peeled, ground or finely chopped; 2 tablespoons tomato sauce; 1 clove garlic, peeled, ground or finely chopped; 6 fresh culantro leaves, ground or finely chopped; 2¼ cups boiling water (use 3¼ cups water for long grain rice); 2¼ cups boiling water (use 3¼ cups water for long grain rice); 2¼ cups boiling water (use 3¼ cups water for long grain rice)

Arroz Guisado Básico

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

1 ounce salt pork, washed and diced
2 ounces lean cured ham, washed and diced

Americas
Main course
Caribbean
Puerto Rico

Method

In a caldero or heavy kettle, brown rapidly salt pork and ham. Add ingredients included in B and sauté over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add ingredients included in C and mix.
Add basic ingredient and mix. Add rice to kettle. Sauté for 2 or 3 minutes.
Add boiling water, mix,