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Mexican Rice Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 tablespoon olive oil
▢1 small onion, diced
▢2 garlic cloves, minced
▢½ red bell pepper, diced
▢1 small jalapeno, seeded and finely diced
▢1 cup long grain white rice
▢½ teaspoon cumin
▢kosher salt, to taste
▢8 ounces tomato sauce

▢1 cup vegetable or chicken broth
▢optional: finely chopped cilantro for garnish

Directions:
Directions:
Thoroughly wash and drain the rice with a fine mesh sieve.

Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions, garlic, bell pepper, and jalapeno and saute for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the onions become translucent.

Add the rice and saute until it's lightly toasted and golden brown, about 2 minutes.

Add in the cumin, salt, tomato sauce and chicken broth, then stir everything together.
Bring the mixture to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer until rice is cooked all the way through, about 15 minutes.
Remove the rice from the heat and use a fork to fluff it up.
Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve immediately.

 

 

 

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