Christmas Rice
Spanish rice just might become one of your favorite meals for the Christmas season.
Servings 4
Calories 211kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice
- 1 ½ tablespoon grated ginger
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 medium sweet pepper green, chopped
- 1 medium sweet pepper red, chopped
- ½ medium onion chopped
- 1 sprig celery chopped finely
- 2 sprigs fine leaf thyme chopped finely
- ⅓ cup raisins
- 2 tablespoon butter
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Boil rice drain and set aside.
- Melt butter over a medium flame. Saute the ginger, garlic, and onion for one minute. Add celery, thyme and sweet peppers. Let cook for one minute. (Note: Try not to overcook the sweet pepper because they would lose some of their vibrant colour.)
- Add raisins and mix well. Allow to saute for about 30 seconds. Add rice. Mix well and adjust salt to taste. (If you like you can add a bit of black pepper now).
- Remove from heat. Serve hot.
