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Mamacita's Mexican Rice
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes
Ready In: 35 Minutes
Servings: 6
My mother-in-law gave me this basic Mexican rice recipe that I've updated. Here it is.
Ingredients:
1 cup long-grain white rice
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 tomato, seeded and diced
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon spanish saffron
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed
1 sprig fresh cilantro (optional)
Directions:
1. Cook and stir rice and oil in a skillet over medium heat until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
2. Pour chicken broth into rice mixture and bring to a boil; stir tomato, cumin, saffron, salt, and black pepper into broth and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until rice is cooked, about 20 minutes.
3. Stir peas and carrots into cooked rice; garnish with cilantro.
By RecipeOfHealth.com