mexican recipes

Rice With Crab


main dish, mexican, seafood

3/4 cup long grain rice
1/4 cup onion; finely chopped, 1 sm.
1 clove garlic; minced
2 tablespoon cooking oil
1 1/4 cup water
8 oz tomatoes; cut up, 1 can
1 1/2 teaspoon instant chicken bouillon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 hot pepper sauce; to taste
1/2 cup frozen peas
7 1/2 oz crab meat; 1 can, *, or
7 1/2 oz frozen shrimp; **
2 tablespoon sherry; dry

* Crab meat should be drained, broken into chunks,and the cartilage removed. ** Shrimp should be shelled and cooked. In a skillet cook rice, onion and garlic in oil over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally until rice is golden brown. Remove from the heat. Add water, undrained tomatoes, bouillon granules, salt and a few dashes of hot pepper sauce. Cover and simmer about 15 minutes or till most of the liquid is absorbed. Stir in the peas and cook for 5 minutes longer. Stir in the crab or shrimp and sherry; heat through. Serve.