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Rice Tico Style Recipe

Rice Tico style is the base for many meals including half of the ingredients for gallo pinto, stuffing for tamales and found on every casado plate.

Gallo Pinto-Cook the beans, cook the rice
Rice Tico Style

3-5 sprigs cilantro (coriander leaf)
1 small or half a medium onion
½ small red or yellow sweet pepper (optional)
3 cups (700 ml) chicken broth or water
2 cups (350 ml) white rice
½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) salt
1 Tablespoon (15 ml) vegetable oil

Chop cilantro, onion, and sweet pepper very fine. Add 1 Tablespoon oil to a large pan and sauté the dry rice for 2 minutes over medium high flame then add the chopped onion, sweet pepper and cilantro and sauté another 2 minutes. Add water or chicken broth, bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to simmer until rice is tender (20-35 minutes).

This is half of the recipe for Costa Rica’s national dish – Gallo Pinto.

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