Costa Rican Rice Recipe

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This is THE traditional Costa Rican rice recipe- yep- the one for gallo pinto, arroz con pollo and arroz con leche! Bookmark it immediately!

by Christa·published 2019-12-13

LatinCosta Rican Recipes

Servings

Total time

23 min

prep 5 min

Calories / serving

678 kcal

Ingredients (4)

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Instructions (9 steps)

01Get out your rice cooker. Put 1-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil (or other oil) at the bottom of the inner pot of your rice cooker.
02Press the button or level that turns your rice cooker to the on/cook setting.
03Measure out the number of cups of rice that you need and put them in a fine-mesh strainer.
04Rinse the rice until the water runs clear. My husband swears this step should be done with as cold of water as possible- and his rice is much better than mine so he's probably right.
05Add salt. Costa Ricans generally use sea salt.
06Allow the rice to heat in the rice cooker until the cook level pops up or the button turns off, cooking rice and stirring occasionally with the rice paddle to hear the rice evenly. You are basically browning the rice to release the natural spices and help it cook more evenly. (When I'm in a hurry I skip this step but the rice isn't as good.)

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