2 Cups Brown Rice, short grain preferred 9 Cups Water
1 Tbs. Olive Oil 2 Tbs. Cilantro, chopped fine 1.5 Tbs. Lime Juice 1/4 Cup Green Peas 1 Pinch Salt and Pepper
Place brown rice into a strainer and spray with cold water for a minute or so.
Bring 9 cups of water to a full boil.
Add the rice and boil for exactly 30 minutes.
As the rice boils:
Remove the foam that rises to the surface.
Repeat as needed,
Rinse and chop the cilantro.
Gather and measure remaining ingredients.
After 30 minutes:
Strain the rice as you would pasta.
Let rice sit in the strainer for about 10 seconds.
Place rice back into the original pan.
Cover pan and let rice steam for 7 minutes.
Remove the lid and fluff the rice.
you can add the remaining ingredients directly into the pan or.....
Place rice into a serving bowl.
Add all other ingredients to bowl.
Mix well and serve.
New Taste Thinking:
This is a super easy way to make rice. The technique is referred to as the pasta method because it is just like boiling and straining noodles. Also like cooking pasta, more ingredients are tossed into the rice after cooking.
The other way to cook rice is the absorption method. It is based on a perfect ratio of liquid to rice. When all the liquid has been absorbed the rice should be ready. Both styles will get the job done.
I enjoy the pasta method more because the rice is never gummy or sticky. The only downside is that some of the nutrition may be discarded in the water.
