Name: Authentic Mexican Rice
Total time: PT2400.0S
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cup Basmati Rice; 3 tablespoon Olive Oil; 1/2 Onion; 3 clove Garlic; 1 Jalapeño Pepper; 1 Red Bell Pepper; 1 Orange Bell Pepper; 3 cup Low-Sodium Chicken Broth; 1 cup Tomato Sauce; 1 can Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes; 1/2 cup Tomato Paste; 3 tablespoon Green Chili Pepper; 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cumin; 1/2 teaspoon Chili Powder; 1/2 teaspoon Dried Oregano; 1/2 teaspoon Smoked Paprika; 1/4 teaspoon Ground Coriander; 1/4 teaspoon Salt; to taste Fresh Cilantro; to taste Lime Wedge; to taste Lime Juice

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Snowflakes & Coffeecakes

I'm Diane, but you can call me Mama V! I love to create and make family-friendly food for my family and friends, and I love sharing my favorite tried-and-true recipes.

https://www.snowflakesandcoffeecakes.com/

This Mexican Rice is light, fluffy, and infused with perfect spice and flavor. The key to great and authentic Mexican Rice is basmati rice, fresh vegetables, herbs, and spices. For a change, try adding black beans or grilled corn. Perfect by itself or layered in tacos, burritos, enchiladas. Ole!

40MINS

Total Time

$1.17

Cost Per Serving

Ingredients

Servings

US / Metric

2 cups

Basmati Rice

3 Tbsp

Olive Oil

1/2

Medium Onion, chopped

or 1 tsp Onion Powder

3 cloves

Garlic, minced

or 1 tsp Garlic Powder

Jalapeño Pepper, deseeded, deveined, minced

up to 3

or 1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper

Red Bell Pepper

Orange Bell Pepper

or Yellow Bell Pepper

3 cups

Low-Sodium Chicken Broth

1 cup

Tomato Sauce

1 can
(14 oz)

Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes, drained

1/2 cup

Tomato Paste

3 Tbsp

Chopped Green Chili Peppers

1/2 tsp

Ground Cumin

1/2 tsp

Chili Powder

1/2 tsp

Dried Oregano

1/2 tsp

Smoked Paprika

1/4 tsp

Ground Coriander

1/4 tsp

Salt

Garnish

to taste

Finely Chopped Fresh Cilantro

to taste

Lime Wedges

to taste

Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice

Nutrition Per Serving

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Calories

277

Fat

6.3 g

Protein

6.8 g

Carbs

48.3 g

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Snowflakes & Coffeecakes

I'm Diane, but you can call me Mama V! I love to create and make family-friendly food for my family and friends, and I love sharing my favorite tried-and-true recipes.

https://www.snowflakesandcoffeecakes.com/

Author's Notes

Yields 8-10 servings.

You will notice I use both coriander and cilantro in this Mexican Rice recipe but they actually taste different even though they both come from the cilantro plant and taste sweet, warm, and toasty while whereas cilantro adds the fresh, fruity citrus punch. If you don't have coriander on hand you can omit it, I just think it adds a little "something-something" special.