Brown rice in octopus stock

Ingredients:

• 1 cup brown rice( washed and pre-soaked 20min)
• 2&1/2 cups octopus stock
• 2 tomatoes (chopped)
• 1 green capsicum (diced)
• 1/2 tsp salt to taste
•  1 tbsp olive oil
• 1-2 grated garlic cloves
• 1 fresh chili chopped (optional)

Method:

1. Heat oil in a sauce pan  and saute onion until soft, add garlic,chili and saute until fragrant
2. Add tomatoes stir, cover pan with a lid and simmer briefly until tomatoes are soft
3. Add capsicums, rice stir and fry for about a minute or until rice is well coated
4. Add salt to taste and stock
5. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 40 minutes or until rice is cooked through.
6. Serve and enjoy with a stew

Notes

Please note you can use whatever other stock is available i,e chicken,beef,veg. If none simply use a beef/chicken cube.

Octopus Stock

• 700g octopus(1-2 depending on size), water to cover the octopus, 1 large bay leaf, 3 garlic cloves, black pepper.
• Put the ingredients in a sufuria, bring to a boil and simmer for an hour until the octopus is soft.
• I set aside the octopus for another dish and then proceeded to make the rice with the left over octopus liquid, measured as per my rice quantity.

*The water measurement will depend on your octopus…so simply ensure that the octopus is immersed and covered with the water.

*Also i dint add any salt in my stock, however if you do, just remember to add little to none when making the rice.