Greek Rice

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 1/2 cups long grain rice
  • 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 red pepper, cut into thin strips
  • 1 green pepper, cut into thin strips
  • 4 tomatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 ½ cups vegetable broth, heated
  • 1 10-ounce pkg. frozen green peas, thawed
  • Freshly ground pepper

Instructions
 

  • In a heavy saucepan, sauté onion in oil for a few minutes until transparent.
  • Rinse peppers; remove seeds; cut into thin strips.
  • Add to pan with onion and sauté a couple of minutes.
  • Add rice; stir to combine; sauté briefly; remove pan from heat.
  • Bring a medium saucepan, filled with enough water to cover the tomatoes, to a boil
  • Peel tomatoes by slitting the skin and immersing each tomato in boiling water for 20 to 30 seconds.
  • Carefully remove from water, allow to cool a little and remove skin; chop coarsely.
  • Add tomatoes to pan with rice
  • Peel and mince garlic; add to pan with rice.
  • Return pan to heat.
  • Add hot broth.
  • Bring to a boil; cover; reduce heat; cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes.
  • Add peas to pan a few minutes before serving.
  • Season to taste with ground pepper.
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