Spanish Rice

4.37 from 33 votes

Easy Spanish Rice, also known as Mexican Rice, is a simple and delicious way to make rice more exciting and a must-have side dish at any Tapas dinner party.

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time19 mins

Total Time24 mins

Course: Side Dish, Tapas

Cuisine: Mediterranean, Mexican, Spanish

Diet: Low Fat, Vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 209kcal

Author: Dannii

Ingredients

180 g rice
250 ml vegetable stock
1 onion diced
1 red bell pepper diced
2 garlic clove diced
2 tablespoon tomato puree/paste
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
0.5 teaspoon chili powder
0.5 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
125 ml passata
1 pinch sea salt and black pepper
0.5 lemon (juice only)
10 g fresh parsley chopped
0.5 tablespoon olive oil

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Instructions

Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and pepper and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the rice and stir. Toast the rice in the pan for 2 minutes.
Add the rest of the ingredients (except the parsley). Stir and simmer for 15 minutes or until all the liquid has gone.
Remove from the heat, fluff up the rice with a fork and add the parsley.

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Notes

Make this dish even easier and swap out half the tomato sauce for some salsa. You will need to then adjust the seasoning, but it's a really easy way to add lots of flavour.
The amount of liquid in this recipe should be seen as a guideline. If you cook this at a higher cooking temperature, then you may need to add some extra liquid, so do keep checking on it.
Make sure you don't skip the step of toasting the rice first. You want to make sure that it is almost translucent before adding the sauce. Once the sauce is added, make sure you bring it to the boil before lowering it to a simmer, otherwise the rice won't be cooked through.
Make sure you don't overcook the rice, otherwise the whole dish will become mushy.
Don't cook it so long that there is no liquid left in the pan, as some of the liquid will absorb as it cools down with the lid on before fluffing it up.

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