Arroz carreteiro — rice with cured meats
Rice cooked with ready-desalted shredded dried beef, calabresa sausage, bacon and bay leaves.
Active time20 min
Cooking29 min
Total45 minResting : 5 min
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Ingredients
- 1 lemon — optional
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 onion
- half a cup of fresh parsley
- 70 g bacon
- 250 g small smoked calabresa sausage
- 100 g salted dried beef already desalted, cooked and shredded
- 4 cups of water
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper — optional
- 2 cups of uncooked white rice
Preparation
Peel the garlic. Bring the listed water to the boil. Peel and slice the onion and chop the garlic. Cut the sausage into pieces and dice the bacon. Separate the strands of beef bought already desalted, cooked and shredded.
Use for the recipe: half an onion (prepare 1 onion).
2 garlic cloveshalf an onion70 g bacon250 g small smoked calabresa sausage100 g salted dried beef already desalted, cooked and shredded4 cups of water- knife
- chopping board
- saucepan
Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Brown the bacon and sausage for about 5 min. Add the onion and stir for 2 min, then the garlic for 1 min. Stir in the prepared beef, rice and bay leaves for 1 min.
2 bay leaves2 tbsp vegetable oil2 cups of uncooked white rice- saucepan with lid
- spoon
Pour in the boiling water and scrape the pan base with the spoon. Partly cover and cook gently for about 20 min until the water is absorbed and the rice tender. Turn off the heat, cover fully and rest for 5 min. Meanwhile, wash and chop the parsley. Remove the bay leaves. Serve with parsley and, if using, pepper and lemon wedges.
1 lemon — optionalhalf a cup of fresh parsley1 pinch of ground black pepper — optional- saucepan with lid
- spoon
- knife
- chopping board
Allergens
No allergens identified in the ingredients.
Sources and credits
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