Mexican Rice

Submitted by WendyQuail

"This is a wonderful Mexican rice dish to accompany tacos, burritos, enchiladas, or anything for that matter. A cilantro lover's dream side dish!!!!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup basmati rice (not parboiled or converted) or 1 cup long-grain rice (not parboiled or converted)
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 1⁄4 cup chopped cilantro leaf
• 1⁄4 cup diced pickled jalapeno pepper
• 1⁄4 cup diced pickled green chilies
• 1 cup grated monterey jack cheese

directions

1. Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
2. Add garlic and onion and cook for 2 minutes or until tender.
3. Stir in rice, add water and salt, and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
5. Transfer rice to greased 8-inch square glass baking dish and allow to cool thoroughly.
6. Preheat oven to 425°F.
7. Stir sour cream and cilantro into rice until combined, then chilis, jalapenos, and grated cheese.
8. Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until heated through and lightly flecked with golden brown.
9. Do not overcook.

Reviews

[lsneedels]

This is delicious! I love cilantro and the recipe is cheesy and just spicy enough for me. Will definitely make it as a side for mexican in the future.

 

[BonnieZ]

This was an excellent rice recipe. I did omit the butter and salt and used reduced fat versions of the sour cream and cheese with good success. This dish has a wonderful balance of flavors, and it is one I'm sure to return to in the future. Thank you Wendy for sharing the recipe.

 

[Emmy from Texas]

I was looking for something to serve with the chimichangas that got good reviews and I chose this. The rice was very tasty and complemented the main course well. My husband is not a huge fan of cilantro, and since this has a very strong cilantro taste, I would put alot less cilantro next time. Thank you for the recipe.

 

[debita]

Excellent recipe. This recipe is easy to make ahead and refrigerate, so you have time to roll tortillas, grill fajitas etc. Be sure rice is cool when you add everything else. You can make this as spicy as you want!

 

[Andyrain]

This rice is fantastic! Everyone loves this dish. When I'm feeding kids, I split the mixture in half before adding the jalepenos. This is also great to make ahead of time.