Plain white rice is the perfect accompaniment to any Colombian meal. In my family we would eat white rice as a side dish with everything. For my grandmother, the coffee pot,the rice maker and the pressure cooker were all the kitchen gadgets she needed. She use to get up every morning and make coffee and white rice and keep it in the rice maker warm for the day.
INGREDIENTS
(SERVES 4- 6)
2 Cups long grain white rice, rinsed
4 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
DIRECTIONS
1. In a medium pot, place the rice and add the water, oil and salt.
2. Bring to a boil for about 30 seconds, reduce the heat to low and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes or until the water is absorbed and the rice is tender. Remove from the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes and serve.
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5 Star Foodie
on Apr 19th, 2009
@ 3:14 PM:
When I just started cooking, it took me a long time to learn how to make a perfect rice. It took quite a few tries to make it just right! Yours look perfect!
~Carole
on Apr 19th, 2009
@ 5:32 PM:
I think I could live on rice alone. I love the short story about your grandmother.
I’ll be trying your rice recipe soon.
Erica
on Apr 19th, 2009
@ 7:46 PM:
Thank you Natasha!
Carole, I love rice too.
Andrea
on May 10th, 2010
@ 4:03 AM:
Erica,
I make rice differently. We are from Bogota, Colombia, and I don’t know if it makes a difference, but this is how we do it:
First we fry some green onions (un gajo o dos), garlic (un diente) and a pinch of salt for taste. Then after it starts getting brownish we put the rice and fry it for a little bit. We then pour the water, we do as you do on your recipe so 2 cups of rice means 4 of water. When the water starts boiling we put a teaspoon of margarine and a few lemon drops and cover the pot until the rice gets cooked and grows. Then we mix it to make sure that it is soft and dry, and we eat it. It’s absolutely delicious!
If you ever have the time to try it, let me know what you think!
Leele
on May 25th, 2010
@ 2:20 PM:
Hello,
I love this website, so many yummy reciepes to make! I’m on a quest. Trying to find different white rice reciepes. Andrea I saw your version of white rice and I wonder if it’s what my boyfriends mother uses when she makes white rice. She’s from Ecuador and her rice is out of this world good. She claims it’s just rice, oil and salt but it tastes different from any other white rice I’ve ever had. So in stead of spying on her when she cooks I’ll try this. Thanks!!
She kicks me out of the kitchen anyhow lol.
Kathryn
on Jun 19th, 2010
@ 9:39 PM:
Do you cover the rice as it’s cooking or leave it uncovered? When my Colombian sister-in-law makes rice, she cooks it uncovered for a period of time then covers it at the end. I love her rice but have never been able to duplicate it at home.
Kathryn
on Aug 20th, 2010
@ 1:05 PM:
Posted originally on 6/19/10
Do you cover the rice as it’s cooking or leave it uncovered? When my Colombian sister-in-law makes rice, she cooks it uncovered for a period of time then covers it at the end. I love her rice but have never been able to duplicate it at home.
P.S. I’ve been trying to make Colombian style rice all summer and it is still not coming out right.