Recipe Details

Mamacita's Mexican Rice

This quick and easy Mexican rice dish pan-fries white rice, onion, and garlic followed by simmering with chicken broth and tomatoes for a Mexican-inspired side dish.

Makes:6 servings

Ingredients

1 cup long-grain white rice
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1½ cups chicken broth
1 tomato, seeded and diced
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon Spanish saffron
salt and ground black pepper to taste
¼ cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed
1 sprig fresh cilantro

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Directions

Prep:10 mCook:25 mReady:35 m

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.
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.
Stir peas and carrots into cooked rice; garnish with cilantro.