Mexican Rice
From missdrea 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is how I grew up making Mexican rice. Yum. You may easily halve the recipe but i like to use leftovers for making stuffed peppers.
Ingredients
- 1 c frozen peas shopping list
- 2 Tb canola oil shopping list
- 2 c uncooked rice shopping list
- 1/2 large chopped onion shopping list
- 1 jalapeno, chopped and seeded shopping list
- 4 c hot chicken broth shopping list
- 1(14 oz) can crushed tomatoes shopping list
- 4 tsp chili powder shopping list
- 2 tsp cumin shopping list
- 4 cloves minced garlic shopping list
- 1 bay leaf shopping list
- juice of 1/2 a lime shopping list
How to make it
- Run frozen peas under warm running water.
- Hear oil over medium heat.
- Add rice and onion and cook, while stirring, until rice is golden (about 6 minutes).
- Add jalapenos, broth, tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, garlic, bay leaf, and thawed peas.
- Bring to a boil
- Cover and reduce heat to low.
- Cook 20 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf.
- Sprinkle with lime juice.
- Fluff with a fork
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
Sounds great! Thanks :)
donman
in Hammond loved it
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I made this tonight! We give it an A+! I halved the recipe but did everything exactly as written. This will be my new go to mexican rice recipe instead of the package rice. Thanks Missdrea!
cmnjersey
in Edgewater Park loved it
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This sounds very tasty! I'll have to try it! Thanks CMN for showing this in the 'I Made It' group!
lilliancooks
in Long Island loved it
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