Mexican Chorizo Rice Food

MEXICAN CHORIZO RICE

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in rice, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add chorizo to a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Use a wooden spoon to break it into small pieces. Once partially cooked, add onion and garlic and continue to cook until chorizo is cooked through and onion is soft.
• Add tomatoes and corn to the chorizo and let simmer for about 5 minutes to cook off some of the liquid.
• Stir in rice. Serve with cilantro and TABASCO if desired.

MEXICAN RICE AND BEANS WITH CHORIZO

Steps:

• Heat a large pan to medium heat and add olive oil.
• Add onion and jalapeno peppers and cook about 5 minutes to soften.
• Add the chorizo and cook about 5 minutes, stirring, until it is cooked through.
• Add garlic and cook another minute, until you can smell the yummy garlic.
• Add the rice and stir. Cook for a couple minutes, stirring, to very lightly brown the rice.
• Add the black beans, tomato sauce and broth. Stir.
• Add the corn, chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper, and hot sauce if using. Stir and bring to a quick boil. NOTE: Feel free to add other seasonings that you LOVE. Flavor it up!
• Reduce the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the rice has absorbed all of the liquid and is softened to your liking. If it needs more cooking, add a bit more broth and keep it simmering until you LOVE it.
• Remove from heat, cool slightly, and fluff with a fork. Top with cilantro for serving. Crumbled white cheese is great, too!

MEXICAN RICE

Steps:

• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350.
• Process tomato and onion in processor or blender until pureed and thoroughly smooth. Transfer mixture to measuring cup and reserve exactly 2 cups. Discard excess.
• Remove ribs and seeds from 2 jalapenos and discard. Mince flesh and set aside. Mince remaining jalapeno. Set aside.
• Place rice in a fine mesh strainer and rinse under cold running water until water runs clear- about 1 1/2 minutes.Shake rice vigorously to remove excess water.This step removes the starch from the rice so it will not stick. IF YOU OMIT THIS STEP YOUR RICE WILL NOT BE DRY AND FLUFFY.
• Heat oil in heavy bottomed ovensafe 12 inch straight sided sautee pan or Dutch oven with tight fitting lid over low-medium heat about 2 minutes. (The recipe is very specific about this but I used a 10 inch dutch oven and it worked out fine.) Drop a few rice grains in and if they sizzle then it is ready. Add rice and fry stirring until rice is light golden and translucent, about 6-8 minutes. Be careful that the oil doesn't get too hot too fast or the oil will splatter.
• Reduce heat to medium, add garlic and 2 minced jalapenos and cook , stirring constantly until fragrant, about 1 1/2 minutes.
• Stir in broth, pureed mixture,tomato paste, and salt. Increase heat to medium high, and bring to a boil.
• Cover pan and transfer pan to oven to bake until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, 30-35 minutes.Stir well after 15 minutes.
• Stir in cilantro, minced jalapeno to taste, and pass lime wedges separately.
• Edited to add 6-15-05: If you can't get good fresh tomatoes you are better off using canned tomatoes. Don't use those awful hard and underipe tomatoes that are at most supermarket chains. Just be sure that the processed tomatoes and the one onion equals 2 cups. One the other hand- if you find that after processing your tomatoes and onions that you have less than 2 cups- simply add enough bottled salsa to make up the difference.
• Edited 8-21-06: Do not skip any of the steps. It may seem stupid- but rinsing the rice to remove the starch is very important if you want fluffy rice. It will only take two minutes of your time but it makes the difference.
• Edited 8-15-08: Leftovers are just as delicious the next day so this is a perfect dish to make ahead time for potlucks. This rice also freezes well. For Freezing Ahead: Cool, portion and freeze in a ziploc bag. To reheat from frozen: Place in a pyrex dish and warm in the microwave, stirring every 2-3 minutes until heated through.
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MEXICAN CHORIZO

Steps:

• Place the pork, Aleppo pepper, chili powder, garlic, salt, black pepper, oregano, cumin, cloves, and coriander into a bowl, and lightly toss the pork with the seasonings until thoroughly blended. Cover the bowl, and refrigerate the meat, your meat grinder's head assembly, and grinder hopper for 1 hour.
• Fill a large mixing bowl with ice cubes, and place a smaller metal bowl in the ice cubes to catch the ground meat. Assemble the chilled meat grinder, and grind the pork and seasonings using a coarse cutting plate. Return ground meat to refrigerator for 30 minutes. Lightly stir the ground pork with the vinegar and water until thoroughly mixed, form into patties, and refrigerate overnight, covered, to let flavors develop.
• Heat vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over medium-low heat, and pan-fry the patties until browned and no longer pink in the middle, 5 to 8 minutes per side.

TOMATO & CHORIZO RICE

Steps:

• Heat a large frying pan on a medium-high heat. Add the sliced chorizo halves, cut-side down, and cook until the oil starts to come out and they begin to crisp at the edges.
• Tip the onion and garlic into the pan with the chorizo slices, and cook for a few mins more. Stir in the paprika and rice, mix well so that all the grains are coated, then pour in the hot chicken stock and add the roasted peppers. Stir everything, then cover the pan with a lid and cook for 5 mins.
• Stir in the tomatoes and olives, and cook 8-10 mins more until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed into it.

CHORIZO SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add chorizo and sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Add rice; stir to coat with oil. Add broth and water, then peas and onions; stir to mix. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer about 15 minutes. Stir in tomatoes with juices, olives, and marjoram. Cover and simmer until rice is tender and most of liquid is absorbed, about 5 minutes longer. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

SPANISH RICE WITH CHORIZO

Steps:

• on med heat add 1 tbls butter to saute pan and melt.
• add spaghetti noodles to melted butter and cook until lightly brown and crisp.
• Then add cup of rice and brown till golden.
• remove rice from heat and set aside.
• in seperate saute pan on med heat add remaining butter, bell pepper, and onion and saute until soft and onion is transulent then add garlic and saute for 2 minute.
• turn heat to med high and add chorizo to sauted veggies and cook for 10-15 min or until resembiling ground beef texture.
• Remove from heat, pour into seperate bowl and set aside.
• on med high heat Add rice mix to pan chorizo was cooked in, add chicken broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, garlice powder, tomato chicken bullion, salt and pepper.
• bring to boil then lower to temp to simmer.
• cover for 20-25 minute.
• when done add chorizo mix and fluff with fork to fully incorporate mix making sure to add all the juices.
• salt and pepper if needed.