Caribbean Yellow Rice
By: DiscerningTaste
Delicious bright yellow rice in the Caribbean style, using annatto seeds to get the color. You will find rice like this in Jamaican restaurants as well. You can use annatto oil in many rice dishes, or just with plain rice, so it's a good think to be familiar with.
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Directions
We start off by making the annatto oil. In a small pot, we heat the oil and annatto seeds over medium heat. When it starts to sizzle, we lower it and cook gently for about 10 minutes. We turn off the heat and let it sit for another 5 minutes. Using a fine strainer, we strain the oil into a medium pot and discard the seeds.
We heat the annatto oil over medium heat and add the sofrito and sliced onion. We cook for a couple of minutes and then add the garlic. We stir for 30 seconds and, when we can smell the garlic, we add the sauce, cumin, coriander, water, rice, a good amount of salt, and pepper.
We bring everything to a boil, and let it boil for three minutes. Then, lower the heat, cover, and simmer for about twenty minutes. We want all the liquid to be absorbed and the rice to be tender. We fluff it with a fork and cover it again for a few minutes.