Mexican Green Rice (Rice Cooker)

Submitted by Bev I Am

"Serve this as a side dish with Enchiladas and chiles rellenos. I discovered this in the Rice Cooker Cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 53mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 3-4

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1⁄2 small white onion, chopped
• 1 cup long grain white rice
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup fresh cilantro leaves, minced

directions

1. Set rice cooker to Quick Cook or regular/Brown Rice cycle.
2. Place the butter in the rice bowl.
3. When melted, add the onion.
4. Cook stirring, until onion is softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.
5. Add rice, water, salt and cilantro to the rice cooker bowl.
6. Stir to combine.
7. Close the cover and reset for the regular/Brown Rice cycle, or allow the regular/Brown Rice cycle to complete.
8. When the machine switches over to the Keep Warm cycle, let the rice steam for 15 minutes.
9. Fluff rice with wooden or plastic rice paddle, or wooden spoon.
10. This rice will hold on Keep Warm for up to 1 hour.
11. Serve hot.

Reviews

[zannah17]

I make this all the time. It goes great with just about everything. The only thing I do different is I add the cilantro at the very end before serving... I just love the taste of fresh cilantro. Still a keeper! Thank you!

 

[susanratz]

Very yummy~~thanks so much for sharing! :O)

 

[Chris Brad]

We just had this for dinner. Dh said it was "yummy"! We wiped out most of the rice with just the two of us. I served it with chicken breasts stuffed with mexican cheese and green chilies. I did add a dash of cumin and chili powder, and half a cube of tomato bouillon. Was extremely tasty. I was so glad that I had fresh cilanto on hand! Thank you!

 

[Mareesme]

Was making cilantro chicken on the grill and thought this would be good with it. Hmmmm, I don't have a rice cooker! So, I sauteed the onion and butter, added the rice, threw in the other ingredients, used 2 cups of water and followed stove top method of cooking rice. When done, I added a small amount of water and a bit of butter to get it to right consistency and added a bit more salt and some pepper. My husband said "Give it a 5!", so will definitely make this again. So, rest assured it's good even if you don't have a rice cooker! There could be endless variations of this recipe, such as using tomato juice or chicken broth instead of water, or sauteing fresh garlic with the onion, or throwing in some salsa when done...... Maybe I'll try them all!