seasoned the sweet potatoes with adobo seasoning, baked for about 40 minutes at 400F; meanwhile made Mexican rice in the rice cooker (and it sucked, don’t do it, the time you save isn’t worth it) and topping of black beans, garlic, bell pepper, and serrano pepper. added a side of chips and salsa because why not, boom. tasty. except for the rice.
If you feel like sharing I’d be curious about what you think went wrong with the rice?
two things, i think: my rice cooker is hella cheap; in fact, it was free from someone on Craigslist i think. that doesn’t mean it’s bad, necessarily, but in this case the bottom of the rice was burnt and the top was soggy. also the taste of this ended up like fairly sweet. i am wondering if there was an issue with the tomato paste i used; when i open a can i freeze little tablespoon sized balls of tomato paste and i just tossed two of those in. it just ended up soggy and weirdly tomato-sweet.
that said, there are a couple folks who recommended this recipe, so if anyone wants to give it a shot and see, it’s here.
