Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mexican rice - arroz mexicano. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mexican rice - arroz mexicano using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mexican Rice - Arroz Mexicano:
- Make ready basmati rice (rinsed, soaked)
- Prepare tomato sauce
- Take vegetable broth
- Prepare tomato (chopped)
- Make ready scallions (roughly chopped)
- Take garlic powder
- Prepare ground cumin
- Make ready ground coriander seeds
- Get oregano
- Prepare salt (or more to taste)
- Make ready freshly ground pepper
- Prepare extra virgin olive oil
- Get serrano chile (minced; optional)
Instructions to make Mexican Rice - Arroz Mexicano:
- Rinse the basmati rice with cool water until the water runs clear. Place in a large bowl with plenty of cool water and let soak for 30 minutes. Drain.
- Heat olive oil over medium heat in large saucepan. Add rice and coat well with the oil. Toast for a few minutes until rice begins to brown.
- Add fresh chopped tomato (and optional minced serrano). Sauté until tomato has softened.
- Add the tomato sauce, broth and all the spices. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce to heat to low. Simmer on low for 15 minutes.
- Test a grain to make sure it is cooked thoroughly. If need, extend cooking time by 2 minutes.
- Once cooked through, open the lid and scatter chopped scallions evenly over the top of the rice. Replace the lid and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Gently fluff the rice and mix the wilted scallions in well. Don't mix aggressively or the grains will mash. Let stand for a minimum of 5 minutes so excess moisture will evaporate.
- Serve and enjoy! Goes great with thinly sliced scallions on top!
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