📋Homemade Spanish Rice Recipe

Spanish rice in a bowl with lime wedges.

5 from 7 votes

📋Homemade Spanish Rice Recipe

Spanish rice is hearty, simple and quick to make a delicious side dish that’s perfect to serve with tacos, enchiladas, fajitas, burritos, and more. Rice is cooked with tomatoes, garlic, and seasoning in broth to make it a flavor-packed accompaniment.

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Total Time35

Course: Rice recipe, Side Dish

Cuisine: Mexican, Spanish

Servings: servings

Calories: 209kcal

Author: Jyothi Rajesh

Ingredients

1 ½ cups long-grain white rice like Jasmine rice or basmati rice
3 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup yellow onion or white onion, diced
½ red bell pepper diced
3 cloves garlic minced
8- ounce tomato sauce
14- ounce can crush tomato not drained
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups chicken broth
¼ cup cilantro for garnish

Instructions

In a large pan or skillet that has a lid, heat olive oil.
Add onion, red bell pepper, and rice to the pan.
Saute rice on medium heat until rice begins to turn golden brown. Keep stirring regularly to prevent rice and vegetables from burning.
Once the rice is browned add minced garlic and saute for a few seconds.
Add tomato sauce, crushed tomato, ground cumin, paprika, pepper, and salt to the rice. Pour in chicken broth.
Stir everything together.
Bring it to a boil. Then cover the skillet with a lid, reduce heat to low, and cook for 20-23 minutes or until rice is tender and all liquid is absorbed.
Remove the skillet from heat and let it rest undisturbed with the lid on for 10 minutes.
Gently fluff rice with a fork or silicon spatula.
Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves before serving.
Serve Spanish rice with any Mexican meal of your choice.

Notes

Follow the directions on your bag of rice to determine how much liquid you’ll have to use for a cup of rice. For long-grain white rice, the rice-to-liquid ratio is 1:2, for every 1 cup of rice use 2 cups of liquid.

Don’t skip toasting the rice in oil. To make it rice more flavorful I toast rice along with onion and bell pepper. Keep stirring frequently while toasting to prevent the rice from burning at the bottom.

If you choose to rinse rice, rinse it 2-3 times until the water runs clear. Drain water very well by shaking the rice in a strainer well to take out as much water as possible before you toast the rice in a skillet. Too much water will turn the rice mushy.

For a spicier kick add cayenne pepper or chili powder along with paprika.

Nutritional Info – Pleaserememberd that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

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