This is a beautiful Brazilian side dish recipe for rice cooked with a shot of cachaca, Brazil's sugar cane rum.
Provided by Nina
Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes
Time 40m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir garlic and bay leaves until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir tomatoes and rice into garlic mixture. Pour hot water over rice mixture and season with salt; cover saucepan.
- Cook rice mixture until rice is partially cooked and beginning to absorb the liquid, about 10 minutes. Add cachaca and continue cooking until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 10 to 15 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 244.9 calories, Carbohydrate 38.6 g, Fat 6.7 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 28.2 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
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