Carmelized Rice and Pepper Madness
It's picture here with olive oil glazed broiled potato slices and cilantro/tofu aioli.
Ingredients
2 poblano peppers, sliced thinly
1 jalapeno, sliced thinly
1 serrano, cut into thin rounds
1 habernero, sliced thnly
3 dry japanese chiles, broken, deseeded
3 chiles de arbol, borken, deseeded
6 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
1/3 can chipotles and adobo sauce
3-5 cups water
1/2 cup beer
2 tbls spicy mustard
1 tbl canola oil
1 tbl classic hot sauce
2 tbls red wine vinegar
1/2 cup white rice
1 can pinto beans
1 can no sodium added yellow corn
2 tsps celery seed
2 tsps thyme
2 tsps basil
2 bay leaves
2 tps rosemary
2 tsps sea salt
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp black pepper
In a very large non-stick frying pan, saute peppers and garlic in oil for 5 minutes. It's very important to use a non-stick pan. Otherwise when you carmelize your rice you'll just be left with a sticky mess.
Add beer, mustard, hot sauce, spices. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add corn. Simmer 5 more minutes. Add rice in a layer across the top and then cover with the beans. Continue simmering until most of the liquid is absorbed. Add more water 1 cup at a time. Stirring ocassionally while you allow the rice to soak up the liquid. After you've added 2 cup water the rice is about half way down allow it to cook until the bottom begins to turn brown and stick a little bit. Add another cup of water and scrape to release the browned rice back into the mixture. Getting all the browned bits off of the bottoms and stirring them back into the mixutre.
Add more water 1/2 cup at a time to cook rice until it is almost tender.
Add vinegar and cook 2 more minutes.
Turn off heat. Add 1/2 cup 1 cup more water to release everything from the pan and make a nice sauce.
Remove to a storage container and let cool loosely covered for at least 5 minutes.
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