Note:
Serving size is 1 cup of cooked rice per person. Volume of uncooked rice plus volume of added water equals final volume. So 2 cups of uncooked rice plus 3 cups of water yields 5 cups of cooked rice and serves 5 people.
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups rice or vermicelli
- 3 tbsp Knorr Sopa de Tomate
- 3 cups water
- Green and red peppers, onions, garlic (optional)
Instructions:
Toasting the Rice:
Method 1:
- Set oven to 400 degrees
- Spread rice on a cookie sheet. Spray rice with PAM
- Bake for 10 minutes until tan / brown in color.
Method 2: (Preferred)
- Set the top oven rack to the highest setting.
- Set oven to High Broil.
- Leave the oven door open at the top.
- Spray Pam on a large jelly roll pan.
- Spread up to 6 lbs. of rice on the pan.
- Spray the top of the rice with Pam.
- Put the pan in the oven and watch constantly.
- When the rice starts to brown, rake it with the tines of a pasta ladle or a potato masher.
- Repeat, browning the newly exposed rice.
- After about 1/3 of the rice grains are golden brown, remove the pan from the oven.
Cooking (for 1 lb of rice or less):
- Optionally sautee Onion, Green and Red Pepper and Garlic on oil until soft.
- Place toasted rice in a skillet.
- Mix water and Knorr sopa de tomate and add to skillet.
- Cover and Simmer for 10 minutes until absorbed. Do not lift lid or stir.
Cooking (for up to 6 lbs. of rice):
- Use stock pot (1qt size per cup of rice)
- Optionally sautee Onion, Green and Red Pepper and Garlic on oil until soft.
- Add water and Knorr and bring to boil.
- Stir in rice and bring back to boil.
- Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until water is absorbed.