Red Rice Recipe! Hmmm Hmmm....Good!

INGREDIENTS:


2 cups rice, rinsed (Calrose, sticky rice recommended. The kind you use for sushi)

2 Tablespoons achote seeds

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 Tablespoons cooking oil

1/2 cup chopped onions

2 cups water



DIRECTIONS:

Soak achote seeds in 1/2 cup warm water for 30 minutes. Add salt.



Rub or press achote seeds to get color in the water. Strain liquid into small pot with 1 1/2 cups of water and boil.



Saute onions.



Add rinsed rice, salt and onions to boiling achote colored water, and reduce heat to medium high for 5 minutes.



Reduce heat to low for 15 minutes or until cooked. Stir occasionally to prevent burning at the bottom.



Optional: Add peas and bacon during last 10 minutes of cooking time.



SERVE: with the rest of your Island meal. You don't have to visit Guam for this mouth-watering dish.