Mexican tomato rice served on a blue plate

Mexican rice

Name: Mexican rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 onion finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves minced; 250g long grain rice; 1 tsp chipotle paste optional (more if you want it spicier); 1 tbsp tomato purée; 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes; 750ml hot chicken or vegetable stock; small bunch of coriander finely chopped

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 4-6

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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Enjoy this easy Mexican tomato rice as a side dish to accompany beef burritos or chilli. You can choose to make it veggie if you like by using vegetable stock

Egg-free

Nut-free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 tbsp sunflower oil
1 onion

finely chopped
2 garlic cloves

minced
250g long grain rice
1 tsp chipotle paste

optional (more if you want it spicier)
1 tbsp tomato purée
1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
750ml hot chicken or vegetable stock
small bunch of coriander

finely chopped

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Nutrition: Per serving (6)

kcal212
fat3g

low
saturates0.5g
carbs39g
sugars4g

low
fibre2g
protein7g
salt0.75g

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a saucepan and sizzle the onion for 5 mins until just starting to soften. Add the garlic and cook for a minute more, then stir in the chipotle paste (if using) and the tomato purée and cook for a minute.
step 2

Add the tomatoes and simmer for a few minutes, then scatter the rice into the pan and stir, so it’s coated in the tomato mix. Pour over the hot stock, season, give everything another stir and bring to the boil, then cover the pan with a lid and turn the heat down to the lowest possible setting.
step 3

Gently simmer for 15-20 mins until all the stock has been absorbed and the rice is cooked through. Leave the rice to sit for a few mins off the heat, then stir through the coriander and serve.

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