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Achiote Oil | Annatto Oil
Achiote oil is used to give foods a beautiful orange color! Add it to your rice or the masa for pasteles.
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Course:
Sauce
Cuisine:
Latin
Keyword:
achiote oil, annattoo seed
Cook Time:
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time:
10
minutes
minutes
Servings:
1
cup
Calories:
Author:
Neyssa
Cost:
$2
Equipment
stove
Ingredients
1
cup
of vegetable oil
¼
cup
of annatto seed
Instructions
Add oil and annatto seeds to a pot and warm over medium heat.
Once oil begins to simmer lower heat to low and allow to cook an extra five minutes.
Remove pot from heat and allow achiote oil to cool completely before draining over a fine mesh strainer
Notes
Do not overheat! If annatto seeds begin to burn or turn green, it will become bitter.