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Rice w/ Pumpkin & Tomatoes

Brown rice has a reputation for being a little bit tricky to cook. It firmer than white rice and takes a little bit more to soften. But it really is quite easy once you get the hang of it! And my absolute favorite trick to cooking brown rice is to add vegetable broth and lime juice. This recipe combines roasted pie pumpkin, roasted garlic, tomatoes, banana peppers, shallots, bay leaves, and freshly squeezed lime juice.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Latin American
Servings 4 cups

Equipment

  • Potato Peeler
  • Rice Cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cloves roasted garlic (or 2 cloves unroasted garlic)
  • 1/2 pie pumpkin peeled & cubed
  • 2 medium tomatoes cubed
  • 2 banana peppers diced
  • 1/2 shallot minced
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 1 lime juiced
  • dash cumin
  • dash coriander
  • dash smoked paprika
  • dash cayenne pepper
  • dash salt
  • dash pepper
  • 1 c. brown rice
  • 1 ½ c. vegetable broth
  • 1 ½ c. water

Instructions
 

Prepare Ingredients

  • I used Roasted Garlic in this recipe. You can easily substitute 2 cloves of unroasted garlic. Otherwise, this recipe simply calls for garlic and oil, a garlic roaster or aluminum foil, and takes about an hour.

Cook Rice

  • Add all of the ingredients into a rice cooker. I like to start with the larger vegetables and then add the smaller ingredients. Top with the bay leaves, spices, and lime juice. Then, add the rice, vegetable broth, 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!

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