Cooling Rice For Spicy Acapulco Chicken

Video Transcript

"Now that the rice has started to boil, we're going to cover it and reduce the heat to simmer. It's going to be about 20 minutes before the rice is fully done. The best way to tell when rice is done is all the liquid has been absorbed. Now, what may happen sometimes is that the rice will cook too quickly, and it'll become a little al dente. It'll be a little hard. That's not really going to be a problem or a concern for us today because we're going to, in fact, cook the rice twice because we're going to bake it later. You may have also noticed I did not season the water or the rice at all. That is because the sour cream and the chilies and the cheese are going to be mixed with salt and pepper, so it'll happen later. One thing that can happen, though, if you wanted to make, say, a green rice with cilantro, is that in the bottom of the pot, you would cook garlic and cilantro -- whatever the flavors that you wanted to, sometimes coconut, depending on the dish -- and then that will imbue the entire rice with the flavor."