Best Arroz Blanco Recipes

ARROZ BLANCO (MEXICAN WHITE RICE)

Steps:

• In small saucepan or microwave oven, heat broth or water until steaming.
• Stir in about 3/4 teaspoon salt if using salted broth, 1 1/2 teaspoons if using unsalted broth or water.
• Cover and keep warm.
• In medium (3-quart) saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, heat the oil over medium heat.
• When hot, add raw rice and onion and stir regularly until grains have turned from translucent to milky-white, 4-5 minutes.
• Add garlic and stir for a few seconds, until fragrant. Do not let grains brown.
• Add the warm liquid and lime juice, stir thoroughly, scraping down any grains that are clinging to the side of the pan.
• Cover and cook over the lowest heat for 15 minutes--temperature should be low enough that only the slightest hint of steam escapes lid.
• Remove pan from heat and let stand covered for 5 minutes.
• Uncover and test a grain of rice: if still a little hard, re-cover pan and set over low heat for about 5 min.; if rice has absorbed all liquid and is completely dry, sprinkle on 2 tablespoons water before returning to heat.
• When rice is done, sprinkle on parsley and gently fluff with fork to release steam and stop the cooking.

ARROZ BLANCO (MEXICAN WHITE RICE)

Steps:

• Cover the rice with hot water and let stand for 10 minutes. Drain the rice in a sieve or colander and rinse until the water runs clear. Shake the sieve vigorously to remove excess water.
• In a blender, combine the onion, garlic, salt, and 3 cups of water and process until puréed (use caution when blending hot liquids).
• In a medium saucepan over moderate heat, heat the oil until hot but not smoking. Add the rice and sauté until it crackles when stirred, about 3 minutes. Add the onion and garlic mixture, bring to a boil, and cook for 3 minutes. Add the cilantro or parsley and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover and cook until small holes appear in the rice, about 20 minutes. Fluff with a fork and remove the herb sprigs. Keep covered until ready to serve.

CHILES RELLENOS DE ELOTE CON ARROZ BLANCO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan, over a medium heat, melt the butter. Cook the onion until translucent. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the corn kernels and salt, then cover the pan and reduce the heat. Cook until the kernels are tender, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the epazote. Set aside to cool.
• Slit the chiles down the sides and carefully remove the seeds, leaving the top and stalk intact.
• Stuff the chiles with the corn mixture. Put a slice of the cheese in the center of the filling.
• In a shallow ovenproof dish, place the chiles over the Arroz Blanco, gently pushing them into the rice. Pour the crema over them and bake until heated through, about 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with the grated Manchego cheese and continue to bake just until the cheese is melted.
• Whisk the cream and the buttermilk together in a bowl. Cover and set in a warm place (a gas oven with just the heat from the pilot light is fine) for 8 hours. Crema may be kept in the refrigerator for as long as a week.
• Rinse the rice in cold water until water runs clear. Let the rice drain for a few minutes.
• In a medium size saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, heat the oil over a medium low heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent, stirring constantly. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add the rice and cook just until the grains are coated with the oil. Add the water and cook, uncovered, over a medium heat until the liquid has been absorbed and small air holes appear on the top of the rice. Do not stir. Wrap the lid of the saucepan with a small terry cloth dish towel. Place the lid tightly over the saucepan so that none of the steam can escape. Set aside in a warm place for about 20 to 30 minutes, so that the rice can continue to cook and the grains expand.
• Stir the rice well before serving.

MEXICAN WHITE RICE (ARROZ BLANCO)

Steps:

• Bring about 6 cups water to a boil and pour over rice in a bowl. Soak rice until it has turned a more opaque white, 2 to 3 minutes. (Rice can be soaked up to 4 hrs.) Drain well and spread out on a kitchen towel to dry, at least one hour.
• Cook onion and garlic in oil in a wide 4-5 quart heavy pot or deep skillet over med. heat, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add rice and cook over med-high heat, stirring, until pale golden, about 5 minute Add broth, water, and 2 teaspoons salt and bring to a boil.
• Cover tightly and cook over low heat until rice is tender, 18-20 minutes. Let stand covered 5 min., then fluff with fork and serve.

GULF COAST-STYLE WHITE RICE PILAF (ARROZ BLANCO)

Steps:

• Turn on the oven to 350 degrees and position a rack in the middle. Set a medium (3 quart) ovenproof saucepan over medium heat. Add the oil, rice and onion. Stir frequently ntil the grains of rice turn from translucent to milky-white, about 5 minutes-for the whitest rice, they shouldn't brown.
• Add the garlic and stir a few seconds, until fragrant, then add the chicken broth and 1 teaspoons salt (that's what I usually neeed when using a normally salted broth). Stir a couple of times, then let the mixture come to a full boil.
• Cover the pan and set in the middle of the oven. Bake 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let stand 5 minutes.
• Fluff the rice with a fork and sprinkle with the chopped parsley.

ARROZ BLANCO (MEXICAN WHITE RICE)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Sauté the onion and garlic until onion is translucent, about 3-4 minutes. Add the rice and saute another few minutes until the rice grains show spots of white. Add the broth and lime juice, and bring to a boil. Cover, lower heat to low and cook 25-30 minutes, until liquid is fully absorbed and rice is cooked. Remove from heat, allow to sit for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and serve, garnishing wth parsley if using.

ARROZ BLANCO CON VERDURAS (WHITE RICE W/ VEGETABLES)

Steps:

• In a blender, puree 1/2 cup milk with the cream cheese and set aside.
• In a medium-size heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the oil and saute the rice, stirring, until it forms clumps. Add the garlic, onion, mushrooms and chile and continue to saute, stirring, until the rice separates into individual grains.
• Add the water or broth, with salt to taste, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer until the water has just been absorbed. Add the cup of milk that was not blended with the cheese, cover again, and continue to cook over low heat until the milk has been absorbed.
• Remove from heat, stir in corn, pour the cheese mixture over all, cover and let stand for 15 minutes before serving.
• Stir and serve.

WHITE RICE (ARROZ BLANCO)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a shallow casserole and brown garlic. Take it off the heat and remove garlic from the oil. Add water and salt to the oil and bring to a rolling boil. Add the washed rice and stir. Bring to a rolling boil again, cover and cook over low heat for approximately 30 minutes.

ARROZ BLANCO CON PLATANOS FRITOS WHITE RICE WITH FRIED PLANTAINS

Steps:

• In a heavy 4-quart stockpot, heat the oil over low heat. Add the onion and fry until soft and clear, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and continue to fry for another 3 to 5 minutes. Add the rice and stir well. Fry slowly without moving it too much, about 10 minutes. Stir in the hot chicken stock and the hierbabuena or mint. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and let cook for 15 to 20 minutes, or until all the stock is absorbed. Do not peek at or stir the rice during the cooking process.
• Cut the plantains in half. Cut each half lengthwise into 1/4-inch thick slices (about 4 to 5 slices). In an 8-inch cast-iron frying pan, heat the oil until smoking. Add the plantains and fry 3 to 5 minutes on each side or until brown. Remove them from the oil and drain on paper towels. Mound the rice on a plate or a platter and serve with the fried plantains on top.

MANCHAMANTELES WITH ARROZ BLANCO (STEW THAT STAINS THE TABLECLOTH)

Steps:

• To prepare the meat, bring the water to a boil in a large stock pot. Add the onions, carrots, garlic, marjoram, thyme, salt, and pork and return to a boil. Reduce the heat, and simmer gently for 1 hour, or until meat is tender. Add the chicken breasts and cook for 15 minutes more.
• Remove the pot from the heat and allow the meat to cool in the broth until lukewarm. Remove the meats and vegetables from the broth. Reserve the broth. Slice the meat thinly and, if you wish, bone the chicken breasts. Place the meats and vegetables in a large cazuela or ovenproof casserole and cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
• To prepare the stew, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the yams, pineapple, and plantains in a ovenproof dish large enough to hold them. Roast them for 1 hour, then peel the yams and plantains and cut them into chunks. Set them aside.
• Remove the veins and seeds of the chiles and wipe them clean. Soak them in hot water for 25 minutes and drain. In a blender, puree the chiles, pine nuts, garlic, tomatoes, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, thyme, marjoram, oregano, and cumin with a little of the soaking liquid.
• In a large saucepan, over a medium high heat, heat the oil. Pour in the chile mixture a little at a time. Add the salt, pepper, and sugar. Cook 5 minutes or until the mixture changes color and thickens. Add the reserved broth from the meats and simmer until slightly thickened. Add the thickened sauce to the reserved cazuela with the sliced pork and chicken breasts. Bake for 20 minutes. Add the yams, pineapple, plantain, apples, and prunes. Bake for another 10 minutes.
• Serve piping hot from the cazuela, accompanied by freshly made tortillas and Arroz Blanco.
• The Original Manchamanteles (Stew that Stains the Tablecoth):
• Take some ripe tomatoes, and remove the seeds. Grind them with soaked toasted dry chiles, cinnamon and pepper. After grinding, fry in lard, mix with warm water, add the chickens or pork, cooked sausages, olives, vinegar, salt, a lump of sugar, yams or peanuts.
• Pour hot water over the rice and let it stand for about 10 minutes. Drain the rice and rinse well in cold water. Let the rice drain for a few minutes.
• In a medium size saucepan with a tight fitting lid, heat the oil over a medium low heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until translucent, stirring constantly. Add the rice and cook just until the grains are coated with the oil.
• Add the water and cook, uncovered, over a medium heat until the liquid has been absorbed and small air holes appear on the top of the rice. Do not stir.
• Wrap the lid of the saucepan with a small terry cloth dish towel. Place the lid tightly over the saucepan so that none of the steam can escape. Set aside in a warm place for about 20 to 30 minutes, so that the rice can continue to cook and the grains expand.
• Stir the rice well before serving.

ARROZ BLANCO (PERFECT WHITE RICE)

Steps:

• 1. Combine all the ingredients in a large saucepan, bring to a boil over high heat, and cook, uncovered, until most of the water has been absorbed and small craters form on top of the rice, 10-15 minutes.
• 2. Stir the rice with a fork, cover, reduce the heat to low, and cook until the rice is fluffy, 8-10 minutes. Fluff the rice with a fork and serve immediately.

ARROZ BLANCO - PERFECT WHITE RICE

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, and cook, uncovered, until most of the water has been absorbed and small craters form on top of the rice, 10-15 minutes.
• Stir the rice with a fork and cover. Reduce the heat to low, and cook until the rice if fluffy, 8-10 minutes more. Fluff the rice with a fork and serve immediately.

ARROZ BLANCO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy, 3-quart saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add rice. Stirring often with a wooden spoon, cook 8 to 10 minutes, or until rice is golden. Add chicken broth, reduce heat to medium, cover, and cook an additional 20 minutes, or until all liquid has been absorbed. Fluff with a fork and add salt, if necessary. Sprinkle with green peas and serve hot.

CARMITA'S CILANTRO LIME RICE (ARROZ BLANCO CON CILANTRO Y LIMON)

Steps:

• 1. Add the oil to a heavy sauce pan and heat on low. Add the garlic/onion and saute a little until onion is limp. Add the raw rice, make sure you have rinsed it twice under cool water and drained or strained real well of all the excess water. Add to the garlic/onion and oil and begin to stir real good so as to incorporate all the oil and garlic real good into the rice. Saute like this for about two minutes.
• 2. Add the chicken broth, salt, lime juice and bring to a boil. As soon as it starts to boil. Reduce heat to low Cover and cook for about 15/20 minutes or according to the rice package directions.
• 3. When the rice is done, add the lime zest and the chopped cilantro and stir into the rice to mix in real well. Serve Immediately. You can serve with any type meat or chicken or fish.
• 4. Above I show it served as a bed for my grilled chipotle shrimp. Enjoy...

ARROZ BLANCO

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan heat fat over medium heat.
• Add onion and garlic. Cook until tender.
• Add rice and broth., Bring to a boil and stir.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 min or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed. Fluff with fork.

CARNE GUISADA CON ARROZ BLANCO

Steps:

• Clean the stew meat and cut, if necessary, into smaller chunks. Add the meat to a large pot along with enough water to completely cover the meat. Season the mix with adobo and meat tenderizer. Cook uncovered on low-medium heat for about 40 minutes or until the meat is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add a serving-spoon's worth of cooking oil. Not a tablespoon, but the bigger spoon one uses to stir a pot.
• Add 1 packet of sazón.
• Add 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce.
• Add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste.
• Add 1 tablespoon of sofrito or recaito.
• Add 5-6 olives with a teaspoon of the vinegar from the olives.
• Add potatoes and carrots.
• Cover and cook on medium heat for about 20-25 minutes until the potatoes and carrots are tender. Stir occasionally.
• Raise heat to medium-high for about 10 minutes to let the sauce thicken a bit, again stirring occasionally.