Brazilian
Arroz Branco (Brazilian White Rice)
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Arroz Branco (Brazilian White Rice) is Brazilian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the rice briefly and drain.
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Heat the oil in a saucepan and saute the minced garlic and diced onion 2 minutes until fragrant.
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Add the rice and toast it in the oil for 1 minute, stirring to coat every grain.
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Pour in the water and salt, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer 15 minutes without lifting the lid.
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Rest off the heat 5 minutes, fluff with a fork, and serve, the everyday base of the plate.
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Serve it with
A Brazilian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Arroz Branco (Brazilian White Rice), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The protein alongside
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Arroz Branco (Brazilian White Rice) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 390 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 74 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Arroz Branco (Brazilian White Rice) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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