Backbone Rice Sweet Rice Recipes

BACKBONE & RICE (SWEET RICE)

Steps:

• Fill stock pot with chicken broth or make your own with your choice of bouillon or other method. Bring to boil. In the meantime, rough chop the onions and the pork short ribs. Add them to the stock pot.
• Cook on low boil for at least 2 hours.
• Remove all meat and bones and set aside to cool. At this point, you will want to strain the broth remaining in the stock pot (some of it will have boiled off - a lot of it if you aren't careful to moderate the boil over the 2 hour cooking time). The broth is strained to be sure that it is free from small bones and bone fragments. Unfortunately, you'll also be straining the now-completely softened onions--and we want those. The next part is easy, but there's a trick to it. You need to cook the rice in the strained broth. You need to cook the 3 cups of rice in 6 cups of the broth, but the fat content doesn't count towards that total. So, you need to allow the broth to sit for a few minutes after you've measured it out so that the fat can rise to the top. YOU WANT THE FAT. Don't remove it. Just make sure that you have 6 full cups of the broth to cook the rice.
• Add the rice and the 6ish cups of broth back to the stock pot. Bring to a boil uncovered. Stir maybe once. Once it comes to a hard boil, turn the heat down to as low as you can get it and cover. Let cook for 15 minutes (don't dare open the lid).
• While the rice is cooking in the broth, turn your attention back to the pork. You need to debone it. It should be completely falling off the bone at this point. Be very careful and remove every single piece of bone. Some very small bones are in this part of the pig, so don't rush this. When you have separated all the bones, shred the pork (I just use two forks and pull it). Go back to your strainer and retrieve as many softened onions as you can and add them back into the pork. Perfection is having all then onions you started with end up in the finished product, but be careful of bones.
• Once the rice finishes, add the deboned pork and recovered onions to the rice and stir to combine. Unless you have used a low-sodium broth, you should NOT need any additional salt. However, depending on your taste for pepper, now's the time.
• That's it. Plate and serve. When we eat this in my family, it's the main dish served with rolls and southern vegetables as sides. Depending on how much meat you use, this will be in the neighborhood of 190-290 calories per cup of finished rice. High fat content, so go cautiously.

BACK BONES AND RICE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a stockpot, combine the backbones, onion, butter, and seasonings. Add the water, bring to a boil, cover, and cook at a low boil for 40 minutes. Add the rice to the pot and return to a boil, stirring well. Boil for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat, add green onions, cover the pot, and simmer for 10 minutes or until rice is done. Remove the bay leaves and serve. This recipe yields 10 to 12 servings.

SWEET RICE

Steps:

• With two separate pans.
• One pan cook rice with water.
• Second pan cook milk and sugar until very hot.
• Mix cooked rice with milk and sugar mixture.
• It's very good!

SWEET RICE

Steps:

• Bring the rice, butter, and water to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, and the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Whisk together 2 cups of milk, flour, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract in a bowl, and pour the milk mixture over the cooked rice. Stir to combine, and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Stir in 1 cup whole milk, the cream, raisins, and cinnamon until thoroughly mixed, and allow to cool for a few minutes. Serve warm or cold.