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"Are you craving that great Mexican rice from your favorite taco stand? Here it is. This is just like a good Mexican restaurant rice. Many recipes taste good... but the texture just isn't right. You know how it is... you have prepared scores of Mexican rice recipes but always have been disappointed. It may be delicious but kinda "gloopy and..."

Ingredients: fresh cilantro, jalapenos...

"A great side dish for homemade enchiladas!"

Ingredients: cumin, garlic powder...

"Very flavorful. Goes well with either Spanish or Mexican food."

Ingredients: frozen peas, garlic...

"What to serve alongside tacos,enchiladas and taco lasagna."

Ingredients: chunky salsa, long grain rice...

""Sopa seca" literally translates to "dry soup". A friend of ours from Mexico served this delicious rice sidedish to us and I enthusiastically went about finding a recipe for it. This is from the cookbook Mexican: Healthy Ways With a Favourite Cuisine by Jane Milton. A more glutinous rice dish than the ever popular Spanish rice. Is..."

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, fresh tomatoes...

"A delicious one-pot wonder which keeps for several days and is just as delicious cold."

Ingredients: ground allspice, ground cayenne pepper...

"Really good. From The Complete Middle East Cookbook By Tess Mallos. This is really nice served with Cucumber Salad With Yogurt (Middle East, Palestine)."

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, eggplants...

"I recently started weight watchers and have been searching for flavourful yet healthy meals. This is a really easy side dish or take-to-work lunch. Feel free to use fresh herbs in place of the italian seasoning, but add them toward the end of cooking. This recipe serves 3 as a side dish or 2 as a lunch. The figures may be different between countries,..."

Ingredients: italian seasoning, long grain rice...

"A spicy and adaptable recipe by Jill Nussinow, "The Veggie Queen" (theveggiequeen.com). You can add other vegetables like potatoes at the beginning or chopped spinach at the end. Wrap it up in a multigrain tortilla and enjoy for breakfast, lunch, or a snack!!"

Ingredients: chutney, cilantro...

"Quick and simple, this is nice with any fried meat or fish. Serve something green like salad, green beans or peas alongside for a nice contrast of colors.
NOTE: Edited version for improved rice-water-ratio."

Ingredients: diced tomatoes, fresh basil...

"A nice simple and tasty pilaf. I sometimes use chicken stock in replacment of the meat one. It's a must to use basmati! Very good with Braised Lamb (Tas Kebap). Basically the recipe from The Complete Middle East Cookbook by Tess Mallos"

Ingredients: olive oil, pine nuts, salt...

"A quick to prepare rice dish, adapted from a recipe on one the cards in international culinary celebrity Kurma Dasa's 52 card set 'Quick Vegetarian recipes you can prepare in a hurry'. It is important to use pans with tight-fitting lids for this recipe. If you are not overly fond of peas or spinach, substitute them with a vegetable you..."

Ingredients: coriander leaves, baby spinach leaves...

"Tasty. Chicken with spiced yellow rice & a nice tomato sauce or if you are tomato free serve it with Basic Nomato Sauce (Tomato Free Tomato Sauce) used to replace the tomato puree. Modified from http://arabicbites.blogspot.com"

Ingredients: ground cumin, spices...

"Produces a light fluffy, tasty grain. I always use chicken or beef stock depending what I am serving it with. May be made yellow by adding 1/2 tsp turmeric. Enjoy this with Khouzi Ala Timman (Iraqi Lamb Shanks and Rice) (Gluten-Free) with or without stock, Saudi Chicken Kofta and Lentil Stew (Gluten-Free), Bamia or other stews, kabobs, etc."

Ingredients: paper towels, olive oil...