Mexican Rice
From lunasea 16 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 8
As pictured, I paired the Mexican Rice up with Seafood Salad With Cilantro Dressing - Seafood Salad With Cilantro Dressing - and Tricolor Vegetable Saute With Cumin Seeds And Oregano - Tricolor Vegetable Saute With Cumin Seeds And Oregano . Read more The excessive prep time includes allowing the rice to cool down. Enjoy. Recipe adapted from Bon Appétit. See less
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil shopping list
- 1 large white onion, chopped shopping list
- 4 garlic cloves, minced shopping list
- 1 tablespoon minced seeded serrano chiles shopping list
- 2 cups long-grain white rice shopping list
- 3 1/4 cups low-salt chicken broth shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
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- cilantro Dressing: (this recipe uses only 1/2 cup...I used the rest to drizzle over the seafood salad linked in the intro) shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups (packed) coarsely chopped fresh cilantro shopping list
- 1 cup olive oil shopping list
- 5 tablespoons white wine vinegar shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin shopping list
- 1 teaspoon minced seeded serrano chile shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat.
- Add onion, garlic, and serrano; sauté until onion is translucent, about 9 minutes.
- Mix in rice; stir 2 minutes.
- Mix in broth and salt; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and cook until rice is just tender and broth is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes.
- Transfer rice to bowl; cool to barely lukewarm, stirring occasionally, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Add 1/2 cup Cilantro Dressing to rice; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper.
- (NOTE: Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
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- Make Cilantro Dressing:
- Combine all ingredients in processor. Blend until almost smooth. Season dressing with salt and pepper.
- (NOTE: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill. Bring to room temperature; rewhisk before using.)
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
Sounds tasty. Love all things cilantro. I'm sure this is bursting with flavor and I like the amount of heat added. My 5!
grandmommy
in Nashville loved it
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I have had this... it was brought to a BBQ.. wonderful ..
linebb956
in La Feria loved it
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Nice combination rice and seafood.
Michael
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