Weight Watchers Core Mexican Rice

kcook323's Note:

I got this recipe from one of the various Core Weight Watcher boards. It is YUMMY!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup brown rice, NOT INSTANT
• 2 cups fat-free chicken broth
• 1 (10 ounce) can Ro-Tel tomatoes
• 1/2 cup bell peppers or 1/2 cup red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped

Directions:

1. Heat oil. Add rice and cook until golden and toasted. Add and lightly saute onion, bell pepper, and garlic.
2. Put salt, 1/2 cup of tomatoes (undrained) and broth in a blender. Process till smooth.
3. Add liquid from blender to the rice mixture slowly. You can drain the rest of the tomatoes and add them to the rice at this point if you want extra tomato.
4. Bring to a boil, cover, turn heat to low, and simmer until rice is tender, about 1 hour. (Or however long brown rice needs to simmer - my package says 1 hour.)
5. Don't remove the lid during the cooking process.
6. If you don't have fresh garlic, you can add 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder to the blender.

Reviews

[Southern Lady]

Loved it! With Rotel offering mild, medium and hot, you can control the heat of your rice. I used my hand immersion blender making it quick and easy. We really, really liked it. Thanks for posting.

[Chris from Kansas]

This recipe is so good! You would never know it was light. I will definitely make again. Thanks for posting!

[LonghornMama]

Good! I love finding new recipes for brown rice and this was great. I didn't bother to blend the Rotel which left it a little chunky but still good. Thanks for sharing the recipe!