Easy Mexican Rice

Submitted by Debs Recipes

"A great side dish for homemade enchiladas!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 1⁄4 - 1⁄3 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 -3 tablespoons olive oil (or bacon drippings)
• 1 1⁄4 cups parboiled long-grain rice
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Over medium-high heat, sauté onion in olive oil until tender; add rice and continue sautéing for 3-5 minutes until rice becomes opaque.
2. Add chicken broth, tomato sauce, and seasonings; bring to boil then reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20-25 minutes until rice is cooked.
3. Remove pan from heat; let stand covered for 5 minutes until liquid is absorbed; fluff with fork and serve.
4. Note: My best ever success with this recipe was achieved using bacon drippings for sautéing, rounded measuring scoops of rice, and only a half can (4 ounces) of tomato sauce with water added to almost fill the can.

Reviews

[biyanna]

A family favorite. This is now the only way I make Mexican rice. The only thing I changed is instead of tomato sauce I just put in 2 tbsp. of tomato paste and add a tomato cut into 6 wedges.

 

[joannmarcum001]

Really good! The only thing I changed was I added garlic with the onions instead of the garlic powder.

 

[Jug OMud]

loved.it....no, no, no...LOVED.IT! Used granulated chicken bouillon for broth and watered down a half can of tomato paste (like 1/2 can paste to 1/2 c water, i think), as well as bacon grease for sauteeing. I screwed it up big time in the beginning by forgetting to saute the rice, but with a little creative and quick moving, I salvaged the best i could and managed to strain it all out, re-issue a wee bit of bacon grease and try again. Although I didn't saute the rice enough, I still thought it was delicious. Easy peasy and oh so yummy. Thank you.

 

[Sharbear23]

This was my first time making Mexican rice and was really happy to have it come out very moist and flavorful. I used regular basmati rice. I served this with carne asada. Overall a very nice meal! Thanks for posting!

 

[chef313633]

Wow this was wonderfull.I am glad I made a double batch as it was loved and all eaten.For starters I used 1tsp. cumin for the double batch and it seemed to be the perfect amount.Also I had a red pepper I wanted to use up I sauteed it with the onion in bacon grease.Also I was out of parboiled rice so I used regular.I also opted to use chunky salsa instead of the tomato sauce.Thanks for posting this keeper recipe.