Green Rice (Arroz Verde)

This Mexican holiday rice is adapted from Aida Gabilondo's Mexican Family Cooking (Fawcett Columbine, 1986).

  • Serves

    serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 small white onion, peeled and quartered
  • 2 poblano chiles, deveined, seeded, and quartered
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro
  • 2 cups Chicken Stock
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup long-grain white rice
  • 2 tbsp. vegetable oil

Instructions

Step 1

Place onions, chiles, garlic, cilantro, and 1 cup stock in a blender. Blend, strain, and season with salt and pepper.

Step 2

Rinse and drain rice. Heat oil in a heavy pot over medium-low heat. Add rice and sauté, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add sauce and remaining 1 cup stock. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove pot from heat, but keep covered, allowing rice to cook for another 10 minutes.
  1. Place onions, chiles, garlic, cilantro, and 1 cup stock in a blender. Blend, strain, and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Rinse and drain rice. Heat oil in a heavy pot over medium-low heat. Add rice and sauté, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add sauce and remaining 1 cup stock. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove pot from heat, but keep covered, allowing rice to cook for another 10 minutes.
Recipes

Green Rice (Arroz Verde)

  • Serves

    serves 4

This Mexican holiday rice is adapted from Aida Gabilondo's Mexican Family Cooking (Fawcett Columbine, 1986).

Ingredients

  • 1 small white onion, peeled and quartered
  • 2 poblano chiles, deveined, seeded, and quartered
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro
  • 2 cups Chicken Stock
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup long-grain white rice
  • 2 tbsp. vegetable oil

Instructions

Step 1

Place onions, chiles, garlic, cilantro, and 1 cup stock in a blender. Blend, strain, and season with salt and pepper.

Step 2

Rinse and drain rice. Heat oil in a heavy pot over medium-low heat. Add rice and sauté, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add sauce and remaining 1 cup stock. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove pot from heat, but keep covered, allowing rice to cook for another 10 minutes.
  1. Place onions, chiles, garlic, cilantro, and 1 cup stock in a blender. Blend, strain, and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Rinse and drain rice. Heat oil in a heavy pot over medium-low heat. Add rice and sauté, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add sauce and remaining 1 cup stock. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove pot from heat, but keep covered, allowing rice to cook for another 10 minutes.

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