JOAN'S CONFETTI YELLOW RICE

      Title: JOAN'S CONFETTI YELLOW RICE
  Categories: Grains, Ethnic
       Yield: 12 Servings
  
       1    Yellow bell pepper diced
       1    Red bell pepper diced
       1    Green  bell pepper diced
       1    Onion diced
       2 c  Raw rice- long grain
       4 c  Chicken stock
       1 c  Fresh frozen green peas
            Annatto oil*
  
   Saute onions and peppers till soft but not browned. Stir in raw rice
   and cook a few minutes. Add the stock and annatto oil and bring to a
   boil. Cover and simmer until rice is tender. Let rest off heat 5
   minutes. Fluff with fork. Season to taste. Stir in thawed green peas.
   Flavorful, colorful and delicious.
   
   Annatto oil*  annatto seeds are achiote seeds. The seeds are simmered
   in oil to extract the orange yellow color used in many Hispanic
   dishes. The colored oil may color grains, pastries , vegetables or
   even add a golden yellow color as a poultry baste. to make oil: Bring
   1 cup oil ( I use olive ) with 1/2 cup annatto seeds to almost a
   boil. Simmer 5 minutes. Strain oil and cool and refrigerate. Use
   about 1 to 2 tsp in rice dishes. Annatto tends to be bitter, so use
   sparingly. In small amounts no bitter taste is noticed. Of course
   turmeric and curry do color and flavor but you may like to try this
   for a pleasant change. Note: annatto really stains, so be careful not
   to spill it !
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