Green rice is a highly appreciated dish in several Latin American countries. Preparing it is very simple and will allow you to vary the common white rice, in addition, it is very beautiful and also nutritious. Its color is due to the use of green leaves in the preparation, which also gives it a special flavor.
Depending on where it is prepared, green rice has different ingredients. This time we will show you how to make green rice with cilantro, but later we will tell you some variations so that you can make a delicious dish to suit you. At this article, we enjoy sharing useful and delicious recipes with you, that’s why we encourage you to cook this wonderful and healthy companion that goes well with any of your star dishes.
Ingredients to make Green Rice with Coriander:
- 250 grams of rice or a large cup
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 20 grams of spinach leaves
- 10 grams of coriander
- green paprika
- green peas
- 1½ cups of milk (360 milliliters)
- 1½ cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- Salt to taste
How to make Green Rice with Cilantro:
- Green rice with cilantro is quite simple to prepare.
- First clean all the sheets that will be used. Remove the spinach stems, you can leave the cilantro stems because they are much softer.
- Blend the spinach leaves, the coriander and the paprika together with the milk and the chicken broth.
- If you don’t want to add milk, then substitute more chicken or vegetable broth.
- Bring the rice to medium heat and fry it in the oil along with the onion and garlic. Wait for it to brown a bit.
- Pour the mixture that you blended into the fried rice and add the peas. Also add salt to taste.
- Let boil until the liquid almost completely disappears.
- You will know this is happening because small holes appear on the surface of the rice.
- Cover the pot, lower the heat and wait until the liquid is consumed and you get a loose and soft rice.
- Green rice can accompany the dish of your choice.
Other green rice recipes
In Latin America there are several versions of green rice. In this one we share with you the Colombian green rice, as it is the easiest to cook because you can get the ingredients almost anywhere in the world and it requires less preparation.
However, Mexican green rice is also a very tasty option. Also known as poblano green rice, in this recipe you only have to add poblano peppers and replace the milk with another cup of broth. In some areas of Mexico, this dish is also known as arrow poblano. Even if you don’t eat a lot of hot peppers, you may like this recipe because the poblano is not the hottest of the peppers used in the country.
The other famous version is the Peruvian green rice. For this recipe some people use beer, but what stands out the most is that it is prepared with fried or roasted chicken pieces that are then added to the rice along with a coriander and spinach smoothie. To this dish of green rice with chicken they also add peas, diced carrots, yellow pepper and a type of corn that they call giant corn from Peru.
