Mamacitas Mexican Rice
My mother-in-law gave me this basic Mexican rice recipe that I've updated. Here it is.
Ingredient
- 1 cup long-grain white rice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 onion, minced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 ½ cups chicken broth
- 1 tomato, seeded and diced
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon Spanish saffron
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ¼ cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed
- 1 sprig fresh cilantro (Optional)
Direction
- 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.
- 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.
- Stir peas and carrots into cooked rice; garnish with cilantro.
