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Spanish Rice w/ Sweet Potatoes & Carolina Reapers

Mexican Rice w/ Sweet Potatoes & Carolina Reapers

This Mexican Rice consists of Carolina reaper pepper, sweet potatoes, apples, yellow onion, roasted garlic, lime juice, bay leaves, and brown rice.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Latin American, Mexican
Servings 4 cups

Equipment

  • Rice Cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Carolina reaper pepper minced
  • 1 sweet potato diced
  • 2 apples diced (I used Blondees)
  • 1/4 yellow onion diced
  • 6 cloves garlic roasted (or 3 unroasted, minced)
  • 1 lime juiced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • dash cumin
  • dash coriander
  • dash smoked paprika
  • dash salt
  • dash pepper
  • 2 tsp. olive oil
  • 1 c. brown rice
  • 2 c. water (or vegetable broth)

Instructions
 

  • Add all of the ingredients into a rice cooker. I like to start with the larger vegetables and then add the smaller ingredients, followed by the rice and water.
    This cooks the larger vegetables on the bottom, while dispersing the flavor profiles in the middle. Although with some mixing, this really doesn't matter all that much. Everything will eventually cook together!
  • Press the cook button on the rice cooker. It should take about 45 minutes to cook.
    Alternatively you can simmer on the stove. Add all of the ingredients to a pot, bring uncovered to a boil, lower heat to a simmer, and cook covered for about 15 minutes, or until the sweet squash and rice are tender. Turn off heat, add lid, and let sit another 5-10 minutes.
  • When the rice is fully cooked, let sit for 10 minutes, and then fluff with a wooden spoon and serve.
  • Do not use a fork or other metal utensil. It will scratch off the nonstick surface on the rice cooker. This will leach Teflon into your food and cause future dishes to stick to the bottom!

Tips, Tricks, & Notes

  • For tips and tricks on The Fundamentals of Cooking Rice, particularly brown rice, check out my article on the matter. Rice is surprisingly more difficult to cook in a rice cooker than the name would suggest and there are a multitude of simple solutions for common problems, like overcooking and becoming mushy or drying out. There are also some solutions for remedying these issues after the fact, instead of starting over!