Nicaraguan Style Rice
Nicaraguan Style Rice

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Rice and beans are served at every single meal in Nicaragua. It's either rice and beans, or riceandbeans, otherwise known as gallopinto ("red rooster," though friends and I used to call it "painted rooster" due to odd translations and plain old foolishness). The name alludes to the color of the mixture of white rice and small red kidney beans, which mirrors that of the king of the coop.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nicaraguan style rice using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Nicaraguan Style Rice:
  1. Make ready 1 1/2 cups uncooked rice
  2. Take 1 1/4 cups water
  3. Take 1 cup frozen baby sweet peas
  4. Get 1 cup chopped tomato
  5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  6. Take 1 can chopped green chiles
  7. Take 1/4 cup chopped red onion
  8. Prepare 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  9. Get 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  10. Take 1 cup diced carrots

This is Gallo Pinto - a simple and delicious rice and bean dish and perhaps the most traditional dish of Nicaragua. At breakfast, it is usually served with fried or over-easy eggs. For lunch and dinner, it can accompany anything from skirt steak and carne asada to chicken and fish. Simmer on medium heat until water boils then lower heat to medium low until rice is almost done, tender inside, stir every few minutes.

Instructions to make Nicaraguan Style Rice:
  1. Take a large saucepan,and add water to it and boil it over high heat.
  2. Add rice, peas, tomato, carrots, chiles and garlic salt to it and mix well and bring it to a boil without covering it.
  3. Reduce the heat to low; cover and simmer 5 to 6 minutes or until water is fully absorbed.
  4. Remove it from heat.
  5. Stir in onion, chopped cilantro and lime juice; cover and let stand 5 minutes. Stir well. Garnish as desired.

Gallo also supplied this recipe for semilla, a drink made from rice and the seeds of the jícaro plant. Here, the rice shines through and the jícaro seeds add a natural tinge of sweetness. The Nicaraguan diet consists mainly of corn, beans and rice, flavored with a variety of spices and cooked in a number of interesting ways. Experience the tantalizing taste experience of Nicaraguan cuisine with these food recipes from Nicaragua. We are certain you will have a good time cooking and savoring these delicious Nicaraguan recipes.

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