Mexican Green Rice

Submitted by Linorama

"If Popeye lived in Mexico, this is what he would eat."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 poblano peppers, roasted, seeded, peeled &, chopped
• 1 jalapeno chile, seeded &, minced
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup white rice
• 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups chopped fresh spinach
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped

directions

1. Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat.
2. Cook& stir onion, garlic& chilis for 5-7 minutes.
3. Add water, parsley, cumin, salt& pepper; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
4. Stir in rice, cover, and cook at medium-low for 10-12 minutes.
5. Stir in spinach and cilantro; cook on low until rice is tender (4-5 minutes.) Remove from heat, fluff rice, and let stand for 5-10 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[susanratz]

I'm not going to rate this since I made a few changes and hate it when people make changes and then rate it low! :O) I used a red onion and red peppers instead of the poblano. I also used brown jasmine rice and threw in some vegetarian chicken nuggets. While I thought it was pretty good, my husband wasn't crazy about it. Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[L DJ3309]

What a way to get my husband to eat his spinach, he didn't even question the green stuff. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Mamas Kitchen Hope]

Good way to sneak spinach past the kidos lips! I used chicken broth and green onion but that was the only change i made. This would be more tradional and better if the rice were fried in the oil til browned, add rest of the dry inged for a few minutes, then the liquid, cover tightly, lower heat and simmer for 15 min. I would have given more stars but the directions are confusing. Add rice x2 and the cooking time is over 30 min??? My rice was done before I got to the 'add spinach' step.... Thanks for sharing your recipe.

 

[Rita1652]

Rice lover take a look at this one. I used 6 cups spinach and an ancho sundried pepper in place of the poplano. Lots of flavor! I did have to cook it for 5 more minute then called for.