MEXICAN RICE RECIPE

Mexican rice recipe is very simple to follow. Also known as Spanish Rice. The recipe looked so easy I decided to try and happy I did. Mexican rice looks like jollof rice but the taste is different. The cooking method is what gives it that good taste. Cooked with long grain rice but I think you can try it with your rice of choice. Long grain rice cooks faster than cap. If you cook with cap gold, you may have to cook longer.

Many websites with different ingredients, I kept looking until I saw this one with all the ingredients that I know my Naija taste buds will like (I am not very adventurous with food). Addicted to Local Nigerian delicacies.
When I looked at the ingredients, I nodded and started defrosting the chicken for stock….
The only ingredient I added that’s not in the mexican rice recipe I used is pepper.

The peas I used for this were first of all boiled separately and set aside. I only added them when rice is already cooked.

 

To make the chicken stock, I boiled my chicken with just salt and onion. Drained the stock and used to cook this mexican rice.

I used knorr chicken cubes for my mexican rice recipe. For the tomato paste. One small can of tomato was emptied into a bowl, added some water and mixed into a light paste before adding to my pot of delicious mexican rice.

 

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups long grain rice
vegetable oil
onion
garlic
pepper
chicken seasoning cube
salt
Tomato paste
Chicken stock
Carrots
Green peas

HOW TO COOK MEXICAN RICE:

Below is the cooking direction…

1. Heat oil in a pot till hot.
2. Add the washed rice and begin to stir. Continue till rice begins to pop and some grains begin to brown.
3. Add the diced onion, seasoning cube and garlic . Stir till fragrant.
4. Add the tomato paste, and stir well before adding the stock. If stock is not enough to cover the rice completely, feel free to add some water.
5. Check for salt, taste. Cook on low heat till rice is tender before adding the carrot and peas.
6. Stir, leave to dry up very well and serve.
7. Enjoy with some proteins.

 

So, this is our recipe for how to cook Mexican rice in Nigeria

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