Recipe - Joans Confetti Yellow Rice

1 Yellow bell pepper minced
1 Red bell pepper minced
1 Gr bell pepper minced
1 Onion minced
2 cup Raw rice long grain
4 cup Chicken stock
1 cup Fresh frozen green peas
Annato oil*

Saute onions and peppers till soft but not browned. Stir in raw rice and
cook a few minutes. Add the stock and annato oil and bring to a boil. Cover
and simmer until rice is tender. Let rest off heat 5 minutes. Fluff with
fork. Season to taste. Stir in thawed green peas.Flavorful, colorful and
delicious.

Annato oil* annato seeds are achiote seeds. The seeds are simmered in oil
to extract the orange yellow color used in many Hispanic dishes. The
colored oil may color grains, pastries , vegetables or even add a golden
yellow color as a poultry baste. to make oil: Bring 1 cup oil ( I use olive
) with One half cup annato seeds to almost a boil. Simmer 5 minutes. Strain oil
and cool and refrigerate. Use about 1 to 2 tsp in rice dishes.Annato tends
to be bitter, so use sparingly. In small amounts no bitter taste is
noticed. Of course tumeric and curry do color and flavor but yuou may like
to try this for a pleasant change. Note: annato really stains, so be
careful not to spill it !
Posted to Recipe Archive 3 November 96

Date: Sun, 3 Nov 96 13:20:43 EST

submitted by: LIR119@delphi.com