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Arroz negro ("black rice") is a Mexican dish made with rice, in which its dark color comes from black bean broth. The dark broth is made by cooking black beans with onion and butter in sufficient water. Rice is fried with garlic, then the bean broth is added, as well as
risotto nero
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octopus with black rice and shrimp
and some others.
Process to cook arroz negro
{{Mexican cuisine Mexican rice dishes
Arroz negro ("black rice") is a Mexican dish made with rice, in which its dark color comes from black bean broth. The dark broth is made by cooking black beans with onion and butter in sufficient water. Rice is fried with garlic, then the bean broth is added, as well as epazote
''Dysphania ambrosioides'', formerly ''Chenopodium ambrosioides'', known as Jesuit's tea, Mexican-tea, ''payqu'' ''(paico)'', ''epazote'', ''mastruz'', or ''herba sanctæ Mariæ'', is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Central A ...
, serrano pepper
The serrano pepper ('' Capsicum annuum'') is a type of chili pepper that originated in the mountainous regions of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo. The name of the pepper is a reference to the mountains ('' sierras'') of these region ...
, and salt
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. The rice is simmered
Simmering is a food preparation technique by which foods are cooked in hot liquids kept just below the boiling point of water (lower than ) and above poaching temperature (higher than ). To create a steady simmer, a liquid is brought to a boil, ...
until tender.
It should not be confused with Black rice
Black rice, also known as purple rice, is a range of rice types of the species ''Oryza sativa'', some of which are glutinous rice.
There are several varieties of black rice available today. These include Indonesian black rice, Philippine heirl ...
as a variety of rice, rather than a recipe, such as Indonesian black rice, Philippine balatinaw rice, and Thai jasmine black rice, these have natural color while the Mexican ''Arroz negro'' obtains this color from the black bean broth.
Origins
The traditional recipe comes from southern regions asOaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
and Campeche. And of course every family prepares it in a different way, but the main ingredients for the arroz negro are rice, black bean broth, onion, epazote, serrano, pepper and salt.
Related dishes
There are many other related dishes to the arroz negro. Some of them are thrisotto nero
(
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, Italy)octopus with black rice and shrimp
and some others.
See also
* List of Mexican dishesReferences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2KvZ_wJmwgSources
* Peña Vásquez, Cuauhtémoc. (2010). ''¡Mucho gusto! Gastronomía y turismo cultural en el Istmo de Tehuantepec''. Educal. . * Del Castillo, María. (1966). ''Cocina mexicana''. Ed. Olimpo.External links
Process to cook arroz negro
{{Mexican cuisine Mexican rice dishes