Mexican Rice: Sopa Seca Technique
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Mexican rice — arroz a la Mexicana — uses the sopa seca ("dry soup") technique: long-grain rice fried in oil until evenly golden, then cooked in a blended tomato broth by absorption. The frying of the dry rice before the liquid is added produces the characteristic dry, separate-grain texture of Mexican rice — each grain sealed with fat before the liquid makes contact.
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