Christmas Rice

Spanish rice just might become one of your favorite meals for the Christmas season.

Christmas Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice
• 1 1/2 tbsp grated ginger
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 medium sweet pepper green, chopped
• 1 medium sweet pepper red, chopped
• 1/2 medium onion chopped
• 1 sprig celery chopped finely
• 2 sprigs fine leaf thyme chopped finely
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 2 tbsp butter
• Salt to taste

Instructions

• Boil rice drain and set aside.
• Melt butter over a medium flame. Saute the ginger, garlic, and onion for one minute. Add celery, thyme and sweet peppers. Let cook for one minute. (Note: Try not to overcook the sweet pepper because they would lose some of their vibrant colour.)
• Add raisins and mix well. Allow to saute for about 30 seconds. Add rice. Mix well and adjust salt to taste. (If you like you can add a bit of black pepper now).
• Remove from heat. Serve hot.

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