Best Arroz Catum Recipes

ARROZ MEXICANO (MEXICAN RICE)

Steps:

• Add the tomatoes, onion, garlic, water, and bouillon to a blender.
• Blend until smooth.
• Set aside until ready to use.
• Heat oil in a large stock pot.
• Add the rice.
• Stir constantly until it begins to toast. About 5 minutes.
• 4 minutes after, add the onion.
• Do not stop stirring, or the rice will burn.
• Look for a golden color in the rice.
• Add the garlic, bouillon, cumin, water, and tomato sauce.
• Stir to combine.
• Cover and cook for 12 minutes on medium heat.
• Turn the heat off.
• Let rest for 5 minutes with the lid still on.
• The tomato sauce will have come to the top.
• Uncover and mix to combine.
• Serve.

ARROZ DE ATUM - CAPE VERDEAN RICE WITH TUNA

Steps:

• Drain the oil from the tuna, reserve the oil and set both the tuna and oil aside.
• Add about 3-4 tablespoons of the reserved oil to a deep pot or Dutch oven, then add the crushed garlic, onions and tomato. Sauté for about 5-7 minutes, until the onions are translucent and the tomato cooks down (you can break up the tomato with a wooden spoon if you would like as it's cooking).
• Add the seasonings and sauté everything for about 30 seconds, and then add the tuna. Use a wooden spoon to break the tuna apart slightly. I like to leave larger pieces of tuna intact.
• Add the olives, bay leaf and water, and bring the pot to a boil. Then, pour in your rice, stir it well until combined and then cover the pot. Let let the rice cook over a very low flame for 20-25 minutes. Do not mix or uncover the rice while it is cooking.
• At the 20 minute mark, taste the rice and if you are satisfied with the texture, turn the flame off, re-cover the pot with the lid, and let the rice rest for 5- 10 minutes. If you decide that the rice is not soft enough, let it continue to cook for another 5-10 minutes then turn the flame off and let the covered pot rest for an additional 5-10 minutes. Once the rice has rested, fluff it with a fork and serve.

ARROZ CALDO

Steps:

• Heat a 5-quart pot over medium-high heat. Add the oil and garlic and cook, stirring often, until the garlic is fragrant and golden, about 2 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the garlic to a paper-towel lined plate and set aside for serving. Remove the pot from the heat, leaving the garlic-infused oil in the pot.
• Season the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Return the pot to the stove over medium-high heat, then add the chicken, skin-side down, and cook until the skin is golden, flipping halfway through, about 8 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a bowl. Add the onion, ginger, and rice to the pot. Cook, stirring often, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth, 4 cups water, a pinch of saffron and the bay leaf. Return the chicken and juices to the pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to maintain a vigorous simmer.
• Cook, partially covered, until the chicken is tender, the rice is cooked, and the arroz caldo is thickened, about 30 minutes. Discard the bay leaf, stir in the fish sauce and lime juice, and season with salt and pepper. Serve one chicken thigh per bowl and garnish with the fried garlic, scallion greens, freshly ground pepper, reserved saffron threads and lime wedges.

ARROZ CALDO (FILIPINO CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP) RECIPE

Steps:

• Place 1/2 cup oil and 2/3 of the garlic in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic turns light golden brown. Transfer garlic to fine-mesh strainer and drain. Spread garlic out on a paper towel-lined plate and set aside.
• In a large Dutch oven or soup pot, heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 6 minutes. Add onion and cook, stirring and scraping, until onions soften and release their liquid, about 3 minutes. Stir in ginger and remaining garlic and cook until onions begin to brown, about 3 minutes. Stir in fish sauce and pepper and cook for 1 minute. Add rice and stir until well coated.
• Stir in chicken stock, running spoon along bottom of Dutch oven to release any browned bits. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until rice is completely tender and stock has thickened, about 30 minutes. Stir in lime or calamansi juice and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Ladle arroz caldo into bowls. Top with scallions, fried garlic, and egg slices, if using. Serve immediately with additional lime or calamansi wedges on the side.

ARROZ C'ATUM

Steps:

• In a large pan or dutch oven over medium heat, saute onions, garlic, and pepper in olive oil until onion is soft and transparent.
• Add tuna, tomatoes, and seasonings. Cook for about five minutes over medium heat to let flavors blend.
• Add rice and water to make 3 cups of liquid. Bring to a boil.
• Let boil for 2 minutes, reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer till rice is done, about 25 minutes.
• Add herbs and serve with a salad.

ARROZ CALDO WITH COLLARDS AND SOY-CURED EGG YOLKS

Steps:

• Prepare the cured egg yolks - and save your egg carton, as it is the perfect egg-curing holder. You'll want to first remove the top of the eggs: Working with one at a time, tap each egg on a sharp corner of your work surface around the top third of the egg to pop off the crown. Pour the egg into one palm and let the egg white sink through your fingertips to separate the yolk from the whites, discarding the egg whites or saving them for another use. Gently slide the egg yolk back into its shell, top it with 1 teaspoon soy sauce, and swirl the yolk in its shell so the soy sauce is fully distributed, settling under the yolk as well. Transfer the egg yolk in its shell back into the egg container, setting it upright. Repeat with the remaining eggs, returning them all to the egg carton. Set aside to cure at room temperature.
• In a large pot, heat the oil over medium. Add the onion and minced garlic, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 7 minutes.
• Add the chicken flats and drumettes, season with 2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat starts to render, about 5 minutes. Stir in the rice until coated in fat. Increase the temperature to medium-high, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice is toasted, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the stock, collards, crushed ginger pieces and saffron and bring to a boil over high.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is tender and almost falling off the bone, and the rice grains have broken down significantly, about 1 1/2 hours. The broth should be thinner than a Chinese congee, so add 1 cup of water at a time if the soup has thickened too much. Once you get to this stage, discard the crushed ginger pieces, which served as an aromatic.
• Season the arroz caldo with the fish sauce, then divide among bowls. Top with a squeeze of calamansi or lemon (and serve additional wedges on the side, for those that like more acid), a soy-cured yolk, fried garlic, scallions and julienned ginger.