Dinner · 55 min · brazilian

Arroz Carreteiro (Wagoners Rice)

If you like rice, you’ll love this Brazilian dinner — 55 minutes from craving to table. At 349 calories and 20g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 3 cups Rice
• 0.75 lb Dried beef
• 1 Onion
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 2 Tomatoes
• 0.5 cup Parsley
• 3 tbsp Olive oil
• 5 cups Beef stock
• 1.5 tsp Salt

Steps

1. Desalt the dried beef by soaking 2 hours, changing the water once — or use leftover churrasco meat, the gaucho’s preferred version. Shred or dice it.
2. Crisp the beef in the olive oil until browned at the edges, then add the onion and garlic and cook until golden.
3. Stir in the rice, coating every grain, then the chopped tomatoes. Cook 3 minutes until the tomatoes slump.
4. Pour in the hot beef stock, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on low 20 minutes without stirring.
5. Rest covered 10 minutes off the heat so the grains finish steaming and stay separate.
6. Fluff with a fork, shower with parsley, and serve. Born in the saddlebags of cattle drivers, carreteiro remains the definitive rice of the pampas.

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