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Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This is a recipe from a Sunset magazine from January 2000. Ingredients:
2 red bell peppers (1 and 1/2 lbs total) |
1 teaspoon olive oil |
1 cup cubed cooked ham (1/2 in) or 1 cup canadian bacon (4 oz) |
spanish rice mix (you will need 2 packages, 5 to 6 ounces each) |
1 1/2 quarts fat-skimmed chicken broth |
1/4 teaspoon saffron thread (optional) |
frozen peas (1 cup of the frozen, petite kind) |
Directions:
1. Rinse, stem, seed and chop bell peppers. 2. In a 5-6 quart nonstick pan over high heat, stir 1 and 1/2 cups chopped red peppers with the oil and ham until peppers are limp, about five minutes. 3. Add rice, water (as specified on package) and seasoning packets. 4. Bring to a boil, cover reduce heat, and simmer until rice is tender to bite, 18 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. 5. About 8 minutes before rice is done, in a 4 to 5 quart pan over high heat, bring broth and saffron to a boil. 6. Stir in shrimp, cover and return to a boil. 7. Reduce heat and simmer until shrimp is opaque in center of thickest part (cut to test) about 5 minutes. 8. With a slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to a small bowl. 9. Return broth to a boil over high heat. 10. Stir peas into rice mixture and cook until they're hot, about 2 minutes. 11. Mound hot rice mixture equally in the center of 6 wide soup bowls, spoon shrimp around rice, sprinkle with remaining chopped red peppers, and ladle broth around rice. |
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