August is almost gone. Do you know what that means? We are closer to Christmas! What did you think I was going to say!? Judge if you want too but I CANT wait till Christmas. Although I am anxious for December to roll around, I have to except the reality that, um, it’s still August and it’s as hot as can be outside. Lately, I’ve been pretty much all over the place. With the wedding planning and Cookitgirl growing, its been.. well, you know…CRAZY! BUT I am so grateful for all of the new readers and for my very special day! People warned me that wedding planning would be stressful. They lied. It’s SUPER stressful HA. Although the stress is there just hanging out with us, I am still so very excited for that special day to come!
So I’m hanging out with my mom at the moment. Watching baggage claim, which is hilarious might I add, and I wanted to take this time to share a special recipe with you all. In Spanish it’s called “Asopao”. Translation? Stewed Rice. This recipe has delicious pieces of my FAVORITE “Salchichon” ( Salami).
Ok, ok, ok I know what you’re thinking, maybe I like rice a little too much. It might be true. Just might * cough, cough*. On that note, my obsession with rice meets this amazing, savory dish that is bursting with flavor! You add more water than usual and let the rice cook a little longer. I love it and I hope you love it too!
Recipe below:)
Asopao De Salchichon Recipe ( Stewed Rice with Salami Recipe)
Ingredients
-4 Cups of salchichon
-1/4 Cup of cooking oil
-3 spoons of sofrito
-1 Cup of rice
-2 Culantro y Achote packets
-2 Tablespoons of salt
-9 cups of water
-3 Leafs of Culantro
-1/2 Cup of chopped Cilantro
Set stove to medium/high heat. In a pot, add 1/4 cup of cooking oil. When the oil is hot, add 4 cups of chopped salchichon ( feel free to substitute salchichon for chicken or meat). Cook salchichon till golden. Now add 3 spoons of sofrito .
Now add 3 leafs of culantro, 1/2 cup of cilantro. Set stove temperature to high and add 3 cups of water.
Let the water come to a boil.
Once the water is boiling, get one cup of rice and rinse. Add the cup of rice to the pot. You may think its only a little bit of rice but the rice will grow 3 times its size so no worries.
Remember that with rice you always have to stir as you go. Now, add 2 packets of culantro y achote and 2 tablespoons of salt. Stir the ingredients and rice together.
Add 6 cups of water and bring the temperature down to low/medium heat.
The pot should look like this. Try to pay attention to the pot and stir every 5 minutes. The rice will start opening. If you see that the rice starts to dry add more water.
After about 25 to 30 minutes of stirring the rice should look like this. As you can see, the rice will look as if its split in two that means its open and ready to eat!
Here you have Asopao Con Salchichon. I LOVE this dish! Hope you love it too!
this looks delicious and jam packed with flavour. never made a dish like asapoa before, thanks for the idea!
Lots of flavor! It’s good with a side of rice or Arepa! Thank you for the awesome comment:)
What a tasty looking dish! Love the sound of all the flavors in here! Yay, congrats! So exciting and a bit stressful but good luck with the wedding planning 🙂
lol super stressful but sooooo exciting!
oh my, this looks amazing! Have fun planning your wedding 🙂
Thank you! I will try! Hopefully I have a head full of hair at the wedding! lol
OMG, yes, wedding planning is insane. Good luck, you’ll get through and it WILL be perfect.
And this looks incredible. YUM!
Awwww thank you so much! I know it will be every thing I’ve dreamed off!
Ooooh, this looks so cozy and comforting! And you are so right–wedding planning can be super stressful. Good luck!
Cozy is the word! Hot & filling! I need all the luck you can send this way! Bridezilla is on her way! lol
Look a delish! We never made this before and since we live rice – we’ll give it a try.
lol i would LOVE for you to try it! Let me know how it goes!
oh.. i love the way you show the recipe… step by step… and a big final! Delicious!
your the sweetest! I hope this step by step recipes helps everyone! That’s my goal!
Haha well that is one way to look at the end of summer. 🙂 What a great dish! Love the flavor in it.
Can you believe summer is over! WAH. Its so crazy!
Christmas is totally my favourite time of the year too!! Aaand I’m planning a wedding too 🙂 or more I’m engaged and need to start planning haha! Good luck!! This dish looks pretty delicious, love the end product photo!
aww CONGRATS! How do you feel!? And not to scare you, but um, just remember it will be a beautiful day! A crazy journey but beautiful day! lol I’m so glad I’m not alone on the crazy Christmas train!
This looks divine! Perfect recipe to end the summer! Love the addition of salami, one of my favourite cured meats! 🙂
I LOVE SALAMI!! So glad you like it too!
Ahh! I can definitely wait for Christmas…too busy and crazy. This looks delicious, I love paella, and this kinda sorta looks a bit like that (minus the baking part), so I bet I’d love it!
This looks beyond amazing! I love rice dishes so much 🙂
This looks very flavorful! I have never had Asapoa but I LOVE rice with sausage! Nothing bad with being too obsessed with rice, i love rice based meals as well. 🙂