wiredfool

Sort of mole, sort of spanish rice.

• One sweet onion, diced
• 2 fresh Thai Dragon peppers, chopped
• 1 block tofu, 1/2″ chunks
• 2 tsp cumin – ground
• some cumin seeds (1/2tsp?)
• 2 small cans stewed tomatoes
• 1 cup arborio rice
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 fresh ancho pepper
• 4 cups water
• 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• handful semisweet chocolate chips
• Salt, lime juice to taste.

Saute onion in olive oil, make somewhat soft. Add Thai dragons, tofu and cumin. Saute for a little while more without burning anything.

Add tomatoes, water, rice, and ancho. Simmer covered for a while, keep stirring every so often. Add the chocolate after 10 minutes or so. Salt and lime to give a little non-pepper bite to it.

This will end up as a spanish rice with just a hint of mole in it. The thai dragons are pretty hot, and stand up pretty well to being added early. Somehow I managed to make balanced flavors, instead of any one component dominating.

Of course with a whole plant of thai dragons, I think we’ll have that dominating flavor soon.