This recipe post (and underlying recipe) was intended to be about Rick Bayless's Arroz Poblano from his Authentic Mexican cookbook. However, of course I forgot the main recipe ingredient (poblanos) while at the grocery store, so instead what follows is a description of a poblano-less Arroz Poblano. Or in other words, rice.
Ok, it's not that bad. It's rice with some celery, cilantro, parsley, garlic, vegetable broth, and peas – a green herb rice. But the result was as disappointing as one would expect from omitting the main ingredient. Bland and uninteresting.
To flavor the rice and give it a green texture, you first cook the vegetables in water and then blend them before cooking the rice in the vegetable water / broth mixture.
You then season the rice with salt and pepper, and serve. I am not sure if I will make this again, even with the rice's signature ingredient. Just seems like it will still be too "blah" for the effort?
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