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Mamacita's Mexican Rice Dish

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PREP TIME
10 min
COOKING TIME
25 min
TOTAL TIME
35 min
SERVINGS
6 servings
Dinner
Mamacita's Mexican Rice Dish
Ingredients
  • 1 cup long-grain white rice
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 tomato, seeded and diced
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon Spanish saffron
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed
  • 1 sprig fresh cilantro
Instructions
1
Heat a skillet over medium heat and combine rice and oil, stirring constantly until the mixture is lightly browned, approximately 2 minutes. Add diced onion and cook for another 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Next, add minced garlic and continue to cook until the aroma is released, roughly 1 minute.
2
Now, pour in chicken broth and bring the mixture to a rolling boil; simultaneously add diced tomato, cumin, saffron, salt, and black pepper to the broth and bring it back to a boil. Cover the skillet, lower the heat to a low setting, and let it simmer until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
3
Finally, stir in frozen peas and carrots into the cooked rice; finish by garnishing with chopped cilantro.