Arroz Amarillo

Name: Arroz Amarillo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 2 cups long-grain white rice; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp sofrito; 1/2 onion, minced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 3.5 cups chicken broth; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp salt; to taste black pepper; 1/2 cup frozen peas (optional)

Puerto Rican yellow rice infused with sofrito and turmeric, a fragrant and golden side dish that pairs with almost any protein.

35 minEasyServes 6220 cal/serving

Puerto RicanSideStovetopVegetarian

Cook this free in the appFree. No download, no account. The screen stays awake and each step can run its own timer.

Ingredients

2 cups long-grain white rice
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp sofrito
1/2 onion, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
3.5 cups chicken broth
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp salt
to taste black pepper
1/2 cup frozen peas (optional)

Instructions

1

Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a pot over medium heat.
2

Add 2 tbsp sofrito, 1/2 minced onion, and 2 minced garlic cloves. Sauté 1 minute.
3

Add 2 cups long-grain white rice and stir to coat, about 1 minute.
4

Pour in 3.5 cups chicken broth. Add 1/4 tsp turmeric, 1/2 tsp salt, black pepper.
5

Stir and bring to boil.
6

Reduce heat to low, cover with tight lid, simmer 15-20 min until rice is tender.
7

If using peas, stir in during last 2 minutes.
8

Remove from heat, rest covered 5 minutes.
9

Fluff with fork and serve.

Cook this free in the appCooking it now? The app keeps the screen awake and times each step. Free, nothing to install.

Keep this recipe

Prints the ingredients and method only.

Questions

How much time should I plan for Arroz Amarillo?

As written, 35 minutes: 10 of prep and 25 of cooking. The longest single stretch is step 6 (20 minutes): "Reduce heat to low, cover with tight lid, simmer 15-20 min until rice is tender."

What should Arroz Amarillo look like when it is ready?

Go by the cues in the method rather than the clock. Step 6: cook until rice is tender.

How many calories are in Arroz Amarillo?

One serving (the recipe makes 6) is about 220 calories, with 4 g protein, 46 g carbohydrate and 3 g fat, plus 1 g fiber and 420 mg sodium.

How long does Arroz Amarillo keep?

Refrigerate what is left of Arroz Amarillo within two hours and eat it within three days. Reheat gently on the stovetop. The grain firms up as it chills; add a spoonful of water before reheating.

Can I halve or double Arroz Amarillo?

Yes. As written it serves 6. Halved, the rice drops from 2 cups to 1 cup; doubled, it is 4 cups. Every line in this entry carries its half and double quantity, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is 4,544 plain-text recipes, free to read and free to cook from. No account, no paywall, no ads, no life stories. Open this one in the app and each quantity sits inside the step that uses it, so you read once and cook.

Every recipe is curated or public-domain sourced, written to one template and checked before it publishes. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually; the first 30 days are free.