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Mexican Rice Recipe


Mexican Rice Recipe
This is an easy rice dish that can be made in the rice cooker or on the stove. Simple yet very satisfying and delicious.

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Ingredients
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 2/3 cup long grain rice
  • 1 cup Pace Mild Picante sauce or salsa
  • 1 cup sliced green olives
  • 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper
  • 1/2 cup sliced black olives
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt or powder
  • 1 teaspoon creole spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Directions
  1. Saute onions, celery, and bell pepper in butter until tender.
  2. Place broth,rice, onion mixture, tomatoes, spices,black olives and picante sauce in rice cooker.
  3. Cook rice in rice cooker until rice cooker goes off, if you do not have a rice cooker cook on stove top by bringing to a boil, cover and reduce heat to low, cooking about 15 to 20 minutes or until rice is done.
  4. Fluff rice with a fork, adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
  5. Place rice in serving dish.
  6. garnish or Serve with extra chopped tomatoes, green onions, sour cream and shredded cheese on the side if desired.
  7. *for more of a tomato based rice, warm 8 oz. of tomato sauce in microwave.
  8. Add to cooked rice before serving.
  9. * You can also sub 1/2 cup of burgundy wine for 1/2 cup of the broth if desired.

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Sounds good! :0)


This looks more delicious than the mexican rice I usually make! I'll be cooking it the next time I make a Mexican meal. Thanks!


A great recipe...I would eat this as a meal, you have my 5.


I love my rice cooker. This one sounds good.


Yum, this looks great. I have been looking for a good mexican rice recipe. Thank you for the great post.


Hubby says my mexican rice to too tomato-ee. This looks about right!


This sounds great. I have a similar recipe using seafood in a rice cooker.....


Sounds great - I have a recipe very similar - but want to try yours - you have great recipes!


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