Mexican Green Rice (vegan)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice (preferably long-grain yellow)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (i think canola oil would work too. recipe originally called for 2 tbsp lard)
• 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
• 3 poblano chiles
• 1 3/4 cups vegetable broth
• 1/4 cup cilantro leaf, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• salt, to taste (i used 1/4 tsp sea salt)

Recipe

• 1 de-vein poblanos, puree in a blender or food processor with 1/4 cup water, and strain.
• 2 soak the rice in boiling water for 15 minutes. drain and rinse it in.
• 3 cold water; drain very well.
• 4 sautee the rice in hot oil for a minute or so.
• 5 add the onion. when the rice sounds like sand as it is stirred, add the pureed chiles and continue to cook until thickened.
• 6 add the broth, cilantro, lime juice, and salt (to taste).
• 7 when the liquid comes to a boil, cover, lower heat, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes.