Crockpot Costa Rican Beef & Vegetable Soup With Yellow Rice Recipe
Crockpot Costa Rican Beef & Vegetable Soup With Yellow Rice Recipe
2 lbs. beef chunks (boneless), cubed into 1.5-inch pcs.
1 seeded large red pepper, sliced thinly in bite-sized strips
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 cans (14.5 ozs.) beef stock
1 big onion, sliced thin
1 cup of celery, sliced thin
1.5 c. of water
A bay leaf
For the yellow rice:
1 big ear of corn, sliced thickly in 3/4-inch pcs.
1/3 cup of cilantro leaves (packed lightly)
4 c. of cabbage, shredded coarsely
Pepper & salt to season
To make soup:
On any shallow pan for baking, place cubed beef a bit apart into 1 single layer then bake it for 20 mins. at 500′ F. Meanwhile, get a 3.5 qt.-sized crockpot and put in bell peppers, bay leaf, celery and onions.
After your beef has turned brown then take out of your oven and add in to the crockpot. With the pan that was used for baking, put a bit of water & stir to incorporate all the beef drippings then add this to the pot as well.
Next, add in beef stock and the remainder of your water then cook, covered, for 8 hrs. at low settings. Around 15 mins. before it’s done, make the yellow rice.
While the rice is still cooking, set your crockpot settings on high then add in corn. Cook, covered again for another 5 mins. Then add in cabbages then cook just until the cabbages have turned green (8-10 mins. more).
Next, add cilantro leaves and season it with some pepper and salt. Serve soup on serving bowls and then place 1 scoop or rice on each bowl.
To make rice:
1 3/4 cups of water
1 chopped fine small pc. of onion
1 tbsp. salad oil
A cup of long grain rice (white)
1/4 tsp. of turmeric (ground)
Get a 2-qt pan and heat some oil on it on medium flame. Then, add in onions & cook it all the while stirring just until the onions have softened but aren’t brown yet (3-5 mins.).
Add in rice & the turmeric and stir it occasionally for 1 min. Add in water then lower the heat around to really low flame then continue to cook the rice until it has become tender (20 mins.)