How do you cook red rice?

Answer 1

Red Rice Recipe

INGREDIENTS:
1 small onion, minced
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons fresh herbs, mixed, thyme, basil,, marjoram, etc.
1/2 salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup tomato paste, Italian-style
1 cup long-grain rice
1 1/2 cups boiling chicken broth

PREPARATION:
Saute onion in butter until softened; add seasonings, tomato paste, rice and boiling water or broth. Bring to a boil, stir once, cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, until tender. Fluff with a fork and let sit 5 minutes.

Serves 4

I hope that this helps you!! Good luck!

Answer 2

Red Rice Recipe courtesy Norman Van Aken
Show: Sara's Secrets
Episode: New World Cuisine

Red rice gets its color from annatto seeds, also called achiote, a word that comes from Nahuatl, the Aztec language. Achiote comes from a plant native to Mexico, and it gives this rice a subtle vegetable flavor. This goes well with Poulet a la Creole. It can be kept warm, covered, in a warm spot, for 20 to 30 minutes before serving.

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons annatto oil, recipe follows
1 Scotch bonnet chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 medium Spanish onion, diced
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1 stalk celery, diced
2 small bay leaves, broken in 1/2
1 cup long-grain white rice
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups chicken stock, warmed

Melt the butter with the annatto oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the Scotch bonnet and garlic, stir, and cook for 15 seconds. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and bay leaves and stir well. Allow the vegetables to cook, stirring frequently, until well-glazed, about 10 minutes.
Stir in the rice, salt and pepper. Add the chicken stock, stir once and bring to a simmer, the immediately turn the heat down to very low. Cover and cook until the rice has absorbed the stock, 12 to 15 minutes. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes, then serve.

Annatto Oil:
The ochre hue characteristic of so many dishes of the Caribbean and Latin America comes from annatto. Annatto seeds, also known as achiote, deliver a mildly pungent flavor, but not a spicy one. Use this infused oil when cooking rice, or brush it on chicken or fish before you put them on the grill.
1/2 cup annatto seeds
2 cups pure olive oil
Toast the annatto seeds in a heavy saucepan until they just start to smoke. Add the olive oil. When the oil begins to simmer, remove from the heat and allow to cool. Strain the oil and store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for several months.
Yield: 2 cups
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ease of preparation: Easy
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_24335,00.html

Answer 3

Red Rice

A Southern style rice recipe, similar to a Spanish rice, made with tomatoes, peppers, onion, rice, bacon, and other ingredients.

INGREDIENTS:
4 to 6 slices bacon, about 4 ounces
1 medium onion, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
1/2 bell pepper, chopped
2 cups uncooked rice
2 (14.5 ounces each) cans tomatoes, pureéd
2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 scant teaspoon sugar
3 or 4 drops Tabasco, or to taste
PREPARATION:
In a large heavy skillet, fry bacon until crisp; remove from pan to paper towels. Drain well then crumble and set aside. Sauté onions, celery, and green pepper in the bacon grease until tender.

Serves 6 to 8.

Answer 4

Add 3 drops of red food coloring in the water before you boil the water. Then add the rice.

Answer 5

depends of what type of rice you have, (whole grain, brown, wild, white or par boiled) if its just "normal white" then i usually use 3 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice, cook slowly till all the water is absorbed. stir it once or twice during cooking and it should be fine