New World Spanish Rice
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.
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