Green Brown Rice With Corn

9 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups brown rice
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
  • 4 ears corn, cut from cob
  • 1/4 onion, chopped
  • 6 poblano chiles, deveined and cut into strips
  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • salt to taste
  • 1 sprig fresh epazote leaves

Directions

  1. 1
    Cover brown rice with hot water and soak for 1 hour. Drain and rinse.
  2. 2
    Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add rice and corn kernels and cook until rice is lightly browned, about 3 minutes.
  3. 3
    Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large pot and cook onion and 3 poblanos until they have softened, about 5 minutes. Add rice and corn; mix well.
  4. 4
    Combine remaining 3 poblano peppers, 1 cup water, and garlic in a blender; blend until smooth. Pour over rice and add remaining water. Add epazote and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until all the water is absorbed and rice is cooked through, about 45 minutes.
  5. 5
    Remove the rice from the heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes before serving.

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