Recipe: Tasty Mexican Rice

Mexican Rice. If you're looking for a Mexican Rice recipe that will be "the star of the show," this is not the recipe. If, however, you're looking for a pleasantly and subtley flavored Mexican-style rice to accompany a. This Restaurant-Style Mexican Rice recipe is truly the best Mexican rice I've ever devoured - restaurant or homemade.

Mexican rice is a tomato based rice that is made with long grain white rice. This Mexican rice recipe is easy to make at home and SO much better than store bought packets of Mexican rice. This easy Mexican Rice is flavored with fresh tomato, white onion, garlic, and jalapeno. You can have Mexican Rice using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mexican Rice

You need 1 cup of Rice . ....
Prepare 2 tbsps of Ghee . ....
You need 1/4 tsp of Jeera . ....
Prepare 1 of / Dalchinicinnamon stick . "....
You need 1 - 2 of Cardamom .... Black ..
It's 1/4 cup of Soya water Nuggets [ I used mini Soak them in Luke warm for min . ... ones . 1/4 cup 30.
It's 3 - 4 tbsps of Tomato Puree . ....
You need 1 of onion ... Sliced ..
Prepare to taste of Salt ..
It's 1.5 cups of water . ....
You need 1/4 tsp of chilly red powder . ....
Prepare optional of orange . green and food color.

It's a perfect side dish for Carnitas, Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Beef, or shredded chicken. The best kind of Mexican rice, to me at least, is infused with a complex tomato flavor and each grain has just the right amount of bite; no mush, please! (Cheese dip optional but not required.) How to Make Mexican Rice. The first step is to brown the rice by cooking it with some vegetable oil Can you freeze Mexican Rice? This Mexican rice is slightly on the dry side, like in restaurants which is exactly how I like it.

Mexican Rice step by step

In the cooker, heat ghee. Add the dalchini, cardamom and jeera..
Add the onion and cook until light brown..
Now add the puree, salt, red chilly powder. Cook until the fat leaves the masala..
Now squeeze the nuggets off excess milk and add to the masala..
Stir until it is evenly coated..
Add the drained rice to the masala..
Now pour 1.5 cup water and bring it to the boil..
Put the cooker lid on and cook upto 3 whistles..
Let the steam settle. Serve warm..
I added 2 food colors to give some layer and color..
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Mexican rice needs to be fried in oil and browned BEFORE you add the chicken broth and tomato sauce. Here is another way I like to make my Mexican rice. This is just another super easy Mexican rice recipe that goes great with enchiladas. The BEST, truly authentic Mexican rice! Super easy to make from home, and a necessary side dish for all of your favorite Mexican recipes.