Spanish Rice
Spanish Rice, also known as Mexican Rice is a tasty spicy side to add flavor and color to your meal.
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Servings: 6 people
Calories: 248kcal
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Long grained white rice or regular white rice
- 1 Red bell pepper
- 1 Yellow bell pepper
- 2 jalapeno pepper
- 2 serrano pepper
- 1/2 cup American Corn
- 1 cup Red Onion chopped
- 1/2 cup Spanish olives roughly chopped. I used 'Manzanilla' variety of Spanish olives. You can use black or green olives as well
- 1/2 cup Tomatoes on the vine deseeded and diced. You can use regular tomatoes as well.
- 2 tbsp Cilantro chopped
- 1 tsp Black pepper freshly ground
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne or red chilli powder
- 2 tsp garlic paste or 5-6 garlic cloves minced
- Salt to taste
- Water as required for cooking rice. You can use chicken or vegetable broth as well.
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions
- Heat a grilling pan, grill or broiler to high. I used a lightly greased grilling pan on a stove top.
- Arrange, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, jalapeño, Serrano and American corn on the grilling pan.
- Char, turning frequently, until the peppers have blistered and corn is starting to brown slightly. The smaller peppers will finish first.
- As the peppers finish, remove from heat and let them cool. Then remove the seeds and skin and dice.
- Add the peppers and corn to a small bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Wash and soak basmati rice for 15 minutes.
- Prep onions, tomatoes and olives. Keep them aside.
- In a large pot, over a medium flame, heat oil and add onions. Once it turns translucent and pink, add garlic paste, cayenne pepper (or red chili powder), black pepper powder and salt. Sauté and add drained rice.
- Saute for 5 minutes and add water (or chicken or vegetable broth). Cook for 10 minutes.
- Stir in prepared peppers, olives, corn and tomatoes. If you want to use cooked black beans, you can stir in that as well.
- Cook for 6-7 minutes or until rice is tender.
- Check for seasoning and remove from heat.
- Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with chopped cilantro.
- Enjoy hot!
Notes
The nutritional value is for 1 serving. Please keep in mind that the nutrition value is a rough estimate and can vary based on the product used.
Nutrition
Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 181mg | Potassium: 258mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 983IU | Vitamin C: 73mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg
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