Sweet Chili Onion Jasmine Rice Food

SWEET CHILI & ONION JASMINE RICE

Steps:

• Cook rice per package instructions using 1 3/4 cups water and 1/2 teaspoon salt; keep warm.
• In the meantime, in a medium-sized skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and garlic; cook, tossing frequently, 15 minutes or until onions are golden. The onions should reduce to about 1 cup. Stir in brown sugar, salt, chili paste, and rice vinegar; cook another 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Gently fold rice into onion mixture. Garnish with peanuts and cilantro.

GREEN JASMINE RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring chicken broth to a boil, add the rice and salt.
• Cover and reduce heat to low, simmer covered for 30 minutes or until no liquid remains.
• Stir in cilantro and green onions and fluff with a fork.

CHILI LIME RICE

Steps:

• Blend the onion, green chiles, garlic, and lime juice together in a food processor until smooth; add the cilantro and pulse until the cilantro is finely chopped into the mixture.
• Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan. Stir the cilantro mixture, salt, butter, and rice into the water and return to a boil; After boiling is returned cook for 1 minute. Cover and rest for 5 - 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork.

JASMINE RICE

Steps:

• Bring water, salt, and butter to a boil.
• Stir in rice with a fork.
• Bring back to a boil, then cut heat to simmer.
• Cover (do not take off lid to check on rice, or stir, you may get gummy rice, if you do!) and cook for 15 minutes.

JASMINE RICE WITH CARAMELIZED GREEN ONIONS

Steps:

• If necessary, lightly roasted the peanuts and coarsely chop. You want the peanuts coarsely chopped, not ground!
• Place the water, jasmine rice and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a rice cooker and cook. Once done, keep warm.
• In a saute pan, heat up the peanut oil on medium-low heat and saute the green onions, garlic and sambal oelek for about 2-3 minutes or just until softened. Stir occasionally.
• Increase the heat to medium and add the rice vinegar, sugar and remaining salt. Cook, stirring constantly until the mixture starts to caramelize, about another 3-4 minutes. Do not burn!
• Lastly, add the cooked jasmine rice and coarsely chopped peanuts; mix well.