Mexican Style Rice
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Cooking Time: Servings: 6 |
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Mexican Style Rice Recipe. Next to beans this is a must for any Mexican or Latino meal.
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Ingredients
rice, long white grain | 2 cups | soaked in warm water for 5 minutes |
tomato | 2 | pureed in blender |
oil | 1/4 cup | |
garlic clove | 3 | |
onion | 1/2 | chopped |
chicken broth | 4 cups | |
carrot | 1 | small - peeled & diced |
green pea (frozen) | 1/4 cup | |
parsley | 1/4 cup | sprig |
serrano chile | 3 |
Directions
- Heat the oil in a sauce pan over medium heat and add the garlic cloves and onion. Cook until the onions become translucent.
- Add the rice and stir constantly until the rice begins to seperate. Make sure that the rice does not stick to the pan.
- Add the pureed tomatoes and continue to stir for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth, serrano chiles, carrot, peas, and parsley.
- Lower the heat and cooked covered for 20 minutes.