Cuban Rice Arnez
Created by dienia b on June 11, 2019
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #32496
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/3 cup green onions, minced
- 1 clove garlic, smashed
- 1/8 teaspoon saffron
- 2 tablespoons water
- 158 grams dry rice (raw, 1 cup)
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest (left in strip)
- 1/4 teaspoon oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/3 cup almonds, flaked (toasted)
- 1/3 cup olives (green stuffed,sliced)
- 1/4 cup peas, frozen
How to Make
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Step 1: Add saffron to 2 tablespoons water to soak just a pinch of threads
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Step 2: Saute green onions in butter until tender add garlic
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Step 3: Add rice
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Step 4: Add broth
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Step 5: Add herbs and saffron
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Step 6: Cover rice and simmer for 20 minutes
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Step 7: Take out lemon peel
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Step 8: Mix in peas olives and almonds
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (206.3 g)
- Calories 255.4
- Total Fat - 9.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.7 g
- Cholesterol - 15.3 mg
- Sodium - 1276.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 39.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 3.1 g
- Protein - 2.9 g
- Calcium - 34.3 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg