Arroz de Escribano

Arroz de Escribano#

Original recipe: Spain on a Fork

2 voluminous servings if it’s main dish, more if it’s treated as a side dish.

Vegan, good way to eat a lot of veggies while having sensory issues.

Ingredients#

  • 2.5 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil.

  • like half an onion, cut into feathers

  • 4 cloves garlic

  • 1 carrot

  • 1 bell pepper (recommended 1/2 green and 1/2 red, can be monochromatic)

  • 400 grams (before draining) canned or jarred chickpea

  • 220 grams (1 cup) paella (or risotto) rice

  • 1 liter vegetable broth (i use water with 2 bouillon cubes)

  • 1 teaspoon sweet smoked (Spanish) paprika

  • salt

  • pepper

  • OG recipe adds 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads and parsley

Preparation#

  1. Roughly chop the onion, garlic, pepper and carrot (if you happen to have thermomix or a copycat its good for it). Drain and rinse chickpeas.

  2. Heat a large pan and add oil, add onion, carrot and pepper and sautee for 5-6 minutes. Again, you can do it in a thermomix (pls dont bully me its my parents who got this upper middle class status symbol “smart” pot)

  3. If you fry in a pan, remove the veggies, add 1/2tbsp oil, garlic and rice and fry it for like 2 minutes like you do for risotto. In my thermomix mode, i just left the veggies inside the thermomix and fried the rice on a pan.

  4. blend the vegetables with 1/4 cup of chickpeas and some (1/3 cup) of your broth. Yes, thermomix is really good for that.

  5. In your final cooking vessel, mix broth, rice, seasonings and vegetable puree, bring to a boil and cook for 12 minutes, stirring every minute just like risotto. Yes, thermomix is really good for cooking while keeping things stirring.

  6. After 12 minutes theres a lot of broth left. Turn off the heat, put the lid on, and wait 5-10 minutes until rice absorbs enough broth to your liking. Serve and enjoy.

Makes/Notes#

  1. Made one 12 July 2024 with the status symbol “smart” pot, adding some cashews bc they were a leftover. Made it several times in the past with regular pan and a blender. No comments, it’s always very good. May try more Spain on a Fork recipes for vegetablemaxxing.

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