Arroz Blanco con Tocino

Description
White rice with salt pork

Ingredients

 * 2 cups of white long-grain rice
 * 2 cups of water
 * 1 teaspoon of salt
 * 1¼ lb of salt pork

Directions

 * 1) Wash salt pork under cold running water and remove all the salt that is on it.
 * 2) Pat dry with a clean paper towel and cut in ½ inch pieces.
 * 3) In a frying pan pour in about ½ teaspoon of olive oil just enough to coat the bottom of the pan.
 * 4) Bring heat up to medium, once the pan is hot place salt pork in pan.
 * 5) Once the pan starts to sizzle turn the salt pork until all sides are a nice golden in color and almost dry in texture.
 * 6) Remove and let drain on a paper towel, at this time you can dispose of all but 1 to 2 tablespoons of the mixture of oil and pork grease in the frying pan.
 * 7) Wash and drain rice as you did in the plain white rice recipe.
 * 8) But this time i want you take the 1 to 2 table spoons of oil you saved form the frying pan and pour it into a 2 quart pot that you have placed on the stove.
 * 9) Turn up the heat and place the washed rice in to it.
 * 10) Stir rice until you have completely coated it with the oil.
 * 11) Make sure that the heat is not so high that it will burn the rice.
 * 12) Once the rice has been well coated pour in the water raise heat and put in the salt pork stirring into the rice.
 * 13) Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low and cover let cook for about 30 minutes undisturbed.
 * 14) At then of the 30 minute cooking time turn heat off and let stand for 5 to 10 minutes.