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Arroz Rojo (Mexican Red Rice)
by
Jaye Fong
(IC: instagram)
4 Servings
35 min
I'm going to be honest with you, I do not cook a lot of Mexican food, so I cannot speak to the authenticity of this recipe, but what I can say is that it was pretty delicious and it was the perfect side for my home-made (also probably not authentic) enchiladas! I've always had this rice dish when dining out and wondered if it was difficult to make since I usually cook rice in the rice cooker or pressure cooker. This rice is made on the stove-top and it was an experience, but it was also super straight forward. Definitely doable for a weeknight!
Arroz Rojo (Mexican Red Rice)
Recipe details
Ingredients
- 1 cp jasmine or other long grain rice
- 2 cps water/stock/bouillon
- 1 can (8oz) tomato sauce
- 1 cp frozen peas (optional, but I think they complete the look!)
- 1 tbsp oil
Instructions
- In a large pan (preferably cast iron), heat 1 tbsp oil
- Dry fry the unrinsed rice until it becomes golden and fragrant. This will help keep the rice grains from sticking to each other.
- Add tomato sauce and broth. CAREFUL! Since the pan is piping hot, this step will cause the tomato sauce and broth upon contact to spatter, so have a lid-shield at the ready.
- Stir until well combined.
- Simmer 10 mins.
- Add peas stir to combine.
- Simmer additional 5 mins. Add water as needed.
- Salt to taste.
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Published August 19th, 2021 10:23 AM
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This looks so good!
Sounds very good and easy. Do you have a recipe for the enchiladas?