Baked rice with cod and chouriço Recipe

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Want to prepare a simple meal for your friends? This baked rice with cod and chouriço is easy, has excellent presentation and will be a pleasant surprise for your friends! They will love the blend of flavors that the recipe offers.

Baked rice with cod and chouriço on a baking dish

INGREDIENTS FOR BAKED RICE WITH COD AND CHOURIÇO

- Cod, Portuguese chouriço, rice, olive oil

HOW TO MAKE BAKED RICE WITH COD AND CHOURIÇO

Put 50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil and one chopped garlic clove in a saucepan and saute over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the rice and season with a little salt. Stir and fry the rice for 1 minute. Pour the water (twice the rice volume) and boil over medium high heat. When starts boiling, reduce to low heat and cook for about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook the cod in a saucepan with water. When the cod is cooked, drain it with a skimmer. Remove the skin and bones and flake it with a fork.
Put the remaining olive oil, the remaining chopped garlic, the chopped onion and the chouriço cut into small pieces in a skillet and cook over low heat for about 7 to 8 minutes. Add the flaked cod and season with a little pepper. Stir and cook more 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, add the rice to the skillet and mix well.
Pour the mixture on a baking dish and brush with the beaten egg yolk. Bake until golden, about 30 minutes. Turn off the oven and serve.

Baked rice with cod and chouriço

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Category:Cod, Main dishes, Recipes, Rice

Cuisine: Portuguese

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 4

Prep Time:10 m

Cook Time:55 m

Total Time:1:05 h

Ingredients

700 grams (1 1/2 pounds) desalted cod
100 grams (3 1/2 ounces) Portuguese chouriço
100 ml (1/2 cup) olive oil
250 grams (1 1/4 cups) rice
4 cloves of garlic
Pepper (to taste)
1 large onion
1 egg yolk
Salt (to taste)

Directions

Put 50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil and one chopped garlic clove in a saucepan and saute over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the rice and season with a little salt. Stir and fry the rice for 1 minute. Pour the water (twice the rice volume) and boil over medium high heat. When starts boiling, reduce to low heat and cook for about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, put the cod in a saucepan with water and boil over high heat. When starts boiling, reduce to low heat and cook for about 6 to 7 minutes. When the cod is cooked, drain it with a skimmer. Remove the skin and bones and flake it with a fork.
Put the remaining olive oil, the remaining chopped garlic, the chopped onion and the chouriço cut into small pieces in a skillet and cook over low heat for about 7 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the flaked cod and season with a little pepper. Stir and cook more 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn off the heat, add the rice to the skillet and mix well.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
Pour the mixture on a baking dish and brush with the beaten egg yolk. Bake until golden, about 30 minutes.
Turn off the oven and serve.