My mother-in-law gave me this basic Mexican rice recipe that I've updated. Here it is.
Prep
24 min
Cook
58 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
1 cup long-grain white rice
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion
, minced
1 clove garlic
, minced
1.5 cups chicken broth
1 tomato
, seeded and diced
0.5 teaspoons ground cumin
0.5 teaspoons Spanish saffron
salt and ground black pepper to taste
0.25 cups frozen peas and carrots
, thawed
1 sprig fresh cilantro
, Optional
Instructions
1
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.
2
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.
3
Stir peas and carrots into cooked rice; garnish with cilantro.
Nutrition per serving
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