5 rice puerto style Recipes

green bell pepper, medium, seeded and cut into cubes, garlic cloves, peeled, onion, small. peeled and quartered, tomato, cored and cut into quarters, fresh cilantro leaves , plus, fresh cilantro, for garnish (divided use ), cubanelle pepper, seeded and cubed, salt & freshly ground black pepper, olive oil, skinless chicken breast, skin removed (two breast halves, bone-in), grain white rice, beer (may substitute wine or stock), frozen peas, pimiento , slicd (sweet)

live lobsters, rinsed, butter, melted, toasted-garlic rice with fresh herbs and lime, crunchy pear salsa, warm flour tortillas, lime wedges

fresh oregano leaves, fresh thyme leaves, garlic, peeled, black peppercorns, olive oil, pork shoulder , skin intact, kosher salt, sour orange juice , or 1 1/3 cups orange juice and 2/3 cup lime juice, ripe plantains (black with streaks of yellow), cut into 6 slices each, vegetable oil, for frying, cilantro crema , recipe follows, rice and beans, recipe follows, heavy cream, buttermilk, chopped cilantro leaves, lime juice, salt and freshly ground black pepper, dried black beans , picked through and rinsed, bay leaves, olive oil, diced salt pork or bacon, diced yellow onion, minced garlic, green bell pepper, cored and diced, diced cubanelle or hot italian pepper, chicken stock, ground cumin, ground coriander, black pepper, grain rice, fresh lime juice, salt

beans, flavorful extra-virgin olive oil, chopped onions, minced garlic, dried red kidney beans, rinsed and soaked, unsalted chicken broth, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, salt to taste, hot pepper sauce to taste, rice, flavorful extra-virgin olive oil, chopped onion, garlic, minced, uncooked long-grain white rice, water or half unsalted chicken broth and half, salt, pared and finely chopped carrot, chopped celery, diced (1/4 inch) sweet red onion, diced (1/4 inch) green bell pepper