Description
Restaurant style Mexican rice at home! Two secret ingredients make it easy and delicious (pssst! It’s canned tomatoes with chilies and sazon seasoning – secret’s out!).
Ingredients
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- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 white onion, small diced
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and minced, optional
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups long grain white rice
- 3 cups of chicken stock (or water, or vegetable stock)
- 1 can Rotel with juices
- 1 packet of sazon seasoning with achiote (I use the Goya brand)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil over medium high heat, add onion and jalapeno and saute for 5 minutes or so until tender. Add garlic and saute for 30 seconds (don’t brown the garlic).
- Add the rice and saute until the rice is a little browned and toasted.
- Add broth, Rotel, and sazon. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low.
- Simmer for 15 – 20 minutes until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender but not mushy. Turn off the heat and let the rice sit for 5 more minutes, covered, off the heat.
- Fluff rice with a fork, season to taste with salt and pepper and serve!
Notes
- If you want your rice to be spicy, add two jalapenos or a serrano pepper with the white onion, or add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper with the broth.
Keywords: rice, Mexican rice, easy rice recipe, Mexican food
