Fried Rice With Leeks And Dehydrated Spicy Peppers

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups pearl rice
• 3 dehydrated bell peppers
• 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes (optional)
• 2 1/2 cups leeks
• 4 1/2 cups water or 4 1/2 cups vegetable stock
• 3 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe

• 1 have a pot with the olive oil preheating on medium heat.
• 2 chop and clean the leeks and peppers. after the oil has heated, get the leeks in the pot.
• 3 once the leaks start getting soft and translucent, add 2 cups of rice and let it fry along with the leeks until the rice grain gets a solid color--if the rice start browning it's gone too far. :(.
• 4 add the 4-41/2 cups of water (or veggie stock) little by little.
• 5 add in some salt, black pepper and the chili flakes (you can omit if desired) and let it simmer for 20 minutes
• 6 preheat the oven to 350f
• 7 put the chopped peppers on top of the rice when it has a bit water/stock left in pot. bake the rice for another 15-20 minutes--if not sure that it is done, taste the rice please.