Description
What I enjoy the most about cooked white rice in our culture is that it can be served with a variety of stewed beans, stewed meats and stewed fish.
Scale
Ingredients
- 3½ cups water
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cups long-grain white rice
- 1½ teaspoons salt (low sodium) or to taste
Instructions
- Bring 3½ cups of water and olive oil to a boil in a saucepan.
- Add salt and rice. Stir rice well into liquid.
- When the liquid starts to boil again, immediately reduce heat to a simmer.
- Cover saucepan with a tight-fitting lid and simmer for 15 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed.
- Remove lid and gently turn the rice by inserting a spoon to the bottom inside edge of the saucepan – bringing the bottom rice to the top. Continue this process until the bottom rice is brought to the top.
- Cover saucepan with lid and simmer for 30 minutes or until the rice is tender.
- Serve white rice with your favorite stewed beans.
Notes
If the rice is not tender, sprinkle water on top of rice and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
For those individuals that are expert in cooking white rice, use 3 cups of water. Otherwise, use 3½ cups of water.
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Keywords: White Rice, Arroz Blanco