Showing posts with label cheesy rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheesy rice. Show all posts

Friday, May 11, 2007

What happened to the roasted pepper?!

Duh! Ok, so i mentioned earlier that i was cooking up a storm on Sunday. I defrosted a couple of pork chops and went on a mission to find something good. I came across a good recipe at FoodNetwork.

Spanish Style Pork Chops with Chorizo and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

But as i clicked, i noticed it was a Rachael Ray recipe (shudder), ok, i'm just going to say it, Rachael Ray annoys me. There i said it. And the very few other recipes i've made from her have been disastrous. But we love chorizo in this house, so what the hell, i decided to give it a shot.

I cooked the pork chops as written and they came out super SUPER dry. Damnit. The sauce was ok, but how can a Spanish stlye anything not have cumin in it? This recipe definitely needed that flavor.

Now onto the STELLAR part of the meal...the cheesy rice. as i was cooking it, i was like hmmm, homemade rice o roni, neat-o. When i told my hubby i was making cheesy rice, he said cool, when i told him, i was making it homemade, he say okay?! somewhat reluctantly. Well the only change i made was i used gruyere cheese instead of manchego, cause it's what i had in the fridge. This rice is super good. My hubby LOVED it.

Good job on the rice, ray ray... :P