Community Pick
Mexican Rice
"A quick easy side dish for King Ranch Chicken."
photo by slickchick
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2⁄3 cup chopped onion
- 3 tablespoons bacon fat
- 1 cup raw converted white rice (not instant)
- 1 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 cup Ro-Tel tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 medium tomatoes, chopped
directions
- In medium heavy skillet with tight cover, saute onion in bacon fat.
- Stir in rice, pepper, chili powder, Ro-Tel tomatoes and salt.
- Add 2 cups of water.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, covered for 20 minutes all liquid must be absorbed and rice should be tender if needed cook rice longer.
- If desired Garnish with shredded Cheddar cheese while rice is hot.
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Reviews
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Excellent. My husband loved this rice!!!! Thanks, it's a keeper. -
Great, Great Great..... didnt have pepper, so added 1C corn and it was a great side to my spanish chicken skillet! Thnx for posting -
Fabulous recipe! I used EVOO instead of bacon grease and didn't have rotel, so I used a can of diced tomatoes (drained) and a can of diced green chilis. I also added 1/2 tsp of cumin as another reviewer suggested and it added a great flavor. I only put in 1/2 tsp of salt to start, but it needed the full tsp as suggested in the recipe. I used 1 1/2 cups of rice because the ratio on my rice is 1 1/2 to 2 cups of water, but then I needed an extra half cup of water. I also didn't add the extra tomato. This was SO good! Better than the boxed stuff and much healthier. Thanks so much for a keeper! -
This was really good! I used EVOO instead of the bacon grease to suit a vegetarian. I used 1 can diced tomatoes (instead of Rotel)and the (almost) 2 cups water. I served Crockpot Santa Fe Chicken "411969" from this site over the rice & it was perfect! -
So good and so easy! Loved by all. Thanks!
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Fabulous recipe! I used EVOO instead of bacon grease and didn't have rotel, so I used a can of diced tomatoes (drained) and a can of diced green chilis. I also added 1/2 tsp of cumin as another reviewer suggested and it added a great flavor. I only put in 1/2 tsp of salt to start, but it needed the full tsp as suggested in the recipe. I used 1 1/2 cups of rice because the ratio on my rice is 1 1/2 to 2 cups of water, but then I needed an extra half cup of water. I also didn't add the extra tomato. This was SO good! Better than the boxed stuff and much healthier. Thanks so much for a keeper!
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I sauteed the onions in olive oil instead of bacon fat, for health reasons and followed the rest of the directions! We loved this rice! -
Used Mexican Fiesta Ro-Tel and a 4 oz. can of green chilies instead of the green pepper. The flavor was really good, but my water evaporated after 10 minutes and the rice was still hard. I added more water and cooked some more but it still was very crunchy. I am going to try again, adding a little more water at the start and making sure the temp is not too high and then will come back to rate. I will also decrease the salt to 1 teaspoon because it was a bit salty, but overall had a nice spicy flavor.
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Very good. I used olive oil instead of bacon fat to saute the onion & pepper, and I left out the chopped tomato b/c I thought the Rotel was enough tomato. This is good & DH & I both enjoyed with black bean burritos, but I think I'll increase the chili powder and maybe add some cumin next time. It just needed a little more "kick" for us. But it's quick & easy for a weeknight - Thanks!
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Excellent rice side dish! I served along with fajitas and it was perfect. I used canola oil instead of bacon fat but otherwise made the recipe as posted. I will be using the leftovers to make my own Mexican rice bowls. Thank you for posting a keeper!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
TwinTwo821
United States
